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Count von der Wahl

A nobleman and military commander who employs Simplicissimus as a page.

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Also known as the Count von der Wahl, the said Count von der Wahl, Count von Wahl

First appearance: xxiii how simplicissimus became a page and likewise how the hermit s wife was lost

Count von der Wahl shows up with force in How He Found the Devil in the Trough, and How Jump-I’-Th’-Field Got Fine Horses. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Leads the cavalry expedition and later lodges his staff in the house Simplicissimus and Jump-i'-th'-field had seized.
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Count von der Wahl first appears in 0027 xxiii how simplicissimus became a page and likewise how the hermit s wife was lost.

In How He Found the Devil in the Trough, and How Jump-I’-Th’-Field Got Fine Horses: Leads the cavalry expedition and later lodges his staff in the house Simplicissimus and Jump-i'-th'-field had seized.

Later, in How the Master-General of Ordnance Granted the Huntsman His Life and Held Out Hopes to Him of Great Things: The Master-General of Ordnance who initially condemns the Huntsman but is persuaded to allow his plan, then grants him life and a future ensigncy.

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See Count von der Wahl in xxiii how simplicissimus became a page and likewise how the hermit s wife was lost
See Count von der Wahl in How He Found the Devil in the Trough, and How Jump-I’-Th’-Field Got Fine Horses