▁evident ▁satisfaction ▁[ of ] ▁the ▁prest ige ▁he ▁derived ▁from ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁the ▁man ▁for ▁whose ▁sake ▁a ▁Royal ▁Princess ▁had ▁shot ▁herself . ▁ ▁This ▁awful ▁cat ast rop he ▁... ▁was ▁for ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁bank er ' s ▁son , ▁merely ▁a ▁triumph ▁of ▁van ity , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁glad ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁world ▁to ▁think ▁she ▁had ▁died ▁for ▁him ." ▁This ▁version ▁has ▁not ▁received ▁any ▁currency , ▁although ▁a ▁different ▁story , ▁to ▁the ▁effect ▁that ▁the ▁Princess ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁carrying ▁on ▁a ▁do omed ▁rom ance ▁with ▁a ▁L t . ▁Ed ler ▁Herr ▁von ▁Put l itz , ▁has ▁circul ated . ▁ ▁The ▁rom ance ▁was ▁do omed ▁because ▁although ▁von ▁Put l itz ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁family ▁as ▁arist ocr atic ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Princess , ▁he ▁was ▁just ▁as ▁poor ▁as ▁her ▁father . ▁However , ▁L t . ▁von ▁Put l itz ▁had ▁died ▁( poss ibly ▁by ▁suic ide ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁ ▁Event ▁and ▁newspaper ▁reports ▁At ▁her ▁father ' s ▁house ▁in ▁Heidel berg ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁Soph ie ▁retired ▁to ▁her ▁room ▁" app ar ently ▁in ▁her ▁usual ▁spirits ". ▁A ▁gun shot ▁was ▁heard ▁shortly ▁after ▁mid night , ▁and ▁a ▁servant ▁found ▁her ▁with ▁a ▁gun shot ▁through ▁her ▁fore head . ▁Her ▁death ▁was ▁at ▁first ▁announced ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁" par al