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All his `` sujets '' were engaged in preparing a suit for the English Charge d'Affaires , whose trunks had been sent in a wrong direction , and who had despatched a courier from Frankfort , to order a uniform . This second thwarting , and from the same source , so nettled me , that I greatly fear , all my respect for the foreign office and those who live thereby , would not have saved them from something most unlike a blessing , had not Monsieur Schnetz saved diplomacy from such desecration by saying , that if I could content myself with a plain suit , such as civilians wore , he would do his endeavour to accommodate me . `` Any thing , Monsieur Schnetz -- dress me like the Pope 's Nuncio , or the Mayor of London , if you like , but only enable me to go . '' Although my reply did not seem to convey a very exalted idea of my taste in costume to the worthy artiste , it at least evinced my anxiety for the ball ; and running his measure over me , he assured me that the dress he would provide was both well looking and becoming ; adding , `` At nine o'clock , sir , you 'll have it -- exactly the same size as his Excellency the Charge d'Affaires . '' `` Confound the Charge d'Affaires ! '' I added , and left the house . As I had never been in Munich before , I strolled about the town till dusk .