FRIDAYMORNING,JUNE1st)\"hisExcellencyandSuite\"(VoltaireandCollini)havetheirhorsesharnessed,carriageout,andareabouttakingtheroadagain,——whenFreytag,escortedbyaDr。Rucker,\"FrankfurtMagistrateDEMAUVAISEMINE,\"[Collini,p。77。]andaPrussianrecruitingLieutenant,presentshimselfinVoltaire’sapartment!ReadersknowVoltaire’saccountandMonSIRCollini’s;
andmaynowhearFreytag’sown,whichispaintedfromfact:——
\"Introductorycivilitiesdone(NACHGEMACHTENPOLITESSEN),ImadehimacquaintedwiththewillofyourmostAll—graciousMajesty。
Hewasmuchastonished(BESTURZT,\"nowonder);\"heshuthiseyes,andflunghimselfbackinhischair。\"[Varnhagen,p。16。]CallsinhisfriendCollini,whom,atfirst,Ihadrequestedtowithdraw。
Twocoffersareproduced,andopened,byCollini;visitation,punctual,longandpainful,lastedfromnineA。M。tillfiveP。M。