CHAPTER III.

THE EXECUTION.

Confirmation of the Sentence--Struensee's Correspondence--Rantzau's Treachery--An Unfeeling Court--Struensee's Penitence--The Scaffold--April 28--Execution of Brandt--Horrible Details--Death of Struensee--His Character--Enlightened Despotism--The First Servant of the State--The Queen Dowager 71