In doing which he observed a very marked gradation, according as the on-lookers bowing to him from the windows seemed to deserve.

At one time he lifted the hat a very little; at another he took it from his head, and held it an instant beside the same; at another he sunk it as far as the elbow.

But these motions lasted continually; and no sooner had he put on his hat, than he saw other people, and again took it off.

From the Halle Gate to the Koch-Strasse he certainly took off his hat 200 times.
"Through this reverent silence there sounded only the trampling of the horses, and the shouting of the Berlin street-boys, who went jumping before him, capering with joy, and flung up their hats into the air, or skipped along close by him, wiping the dust from his boots.

I and my Tutor had gained so much room that we could run alongside of him, hat in hand, among the boys .-- You see the difference between then and now.
Who was it that then made the noise?
Who maintained a dignified demeanor ?--Who is it that bawls and bellows now?
[Nobilities ought to be noble, thinks this old Marwitz, in their reverence to Nobleness.