[InPreuss,ii。58,thepungentlittleAutographinfull。]AndatoncerecallsMoritz,andappointsthePrinceofPrussiatogoandtakecommand。Whodirectlywent;——amostimportantstepfortheKing’sinterestsandhisown。Whosefortunesinthatbusinessweshallseebeforelong!——
AtLeitmeritztheKingcontinuesfourweeks,withhisArmypartedinthisway;waitinghowtheendlesshostileelement,whichbegirdleshishorizonallround,willshapeitselfintocombinations,thathemaysetuponthelikeliestortheneedfulestofthese,whenonceithasdiscloseditself。Horizonallroundisblackenough:Austrians,French,Swedes,Russians,ReichsArmy;
closeruponhimornotsoclose,allarerollingin:Saxony,theLausitzandSilesia,Brandenburgitself,itisuncertainwhichofthesemaysoonestrequirehisactivepresence。
TheverydayafterhisarrivalinLeitmeritz,——Tuesday,28thJune,whilethatjunctionwithKeithwasgoingon,andthetroopsweredefilingalongtheBridgeforjunctionwithKeith,——aheavysorrowhadbefallenhim,whichheyetknewnotof。AnirreparableDomesticloss;sadcomplementtotheseMilitaryandotherPublicdisasters。
QueenSophieDorothee,aboutwhosehealthhehadbeenanxious,buthadagainbeensetquiet,diedatBerlinthatday。[Monbijou,28thJune,1757;bornatHanover,27thMarch,1687。]Inherseventy—