"What did you remark, sir ?" asked again Herr Wolff.
"I believe," stammered the other, "that I said it was the misfortune of the prince that he was the brother only, as he was worthy of being mentioned for himself; but I beg, sir, be a little indulgent, and do not pry into my very soul with your godlike eyes.

It will craze me, and I shall run through the streets of Berlin, crying that the Apollo-Belvedere has arrived at Potsdam, and invite all the poets and authors to come and worship him." "I believe you are right," cried the youngest of the two gentlemen, laughing.

"I believe myself it is the Apollo-Belvedere." "Be still, my dear sir, hush, and preserve our incognito," interrupted his companion.
"But I cannot help it, Wolff.

Am I to blame that this clever fellow sees through your mask, and discovers the divine spark which hides itself under a gray Werther costume ?" "I pray, sir, grant my request, and respect our incognito," begged the other, gently but firmly.
"Well, well, you shall have your way," laughed the other, good-naturedly, and turning to the pale young man, who still kept his eyes fixed on Herr Wolff in a sort of ecstacy, he said: "Let the authors and poets stay in Berlin; we will persuade the disguised Apollo to meet them there, and read them a lecture, for among the Berlin poets and critics there are wicked heretics, who, if the Deity Himself wrote tragedies and verses, would find some fault to object to." "Pray tell me, sir, do you think Prince Henry a great man ?" "Did not the king call him so in his 'History of the Seven Years' War ?'" said the stranger.

"Did he not publicly, in the presence of all his generals, say, 'that Prince Henry was the only general who had not made a mistake during the whole war ?'" "Do you believe the king will say that of the prince just riding in with his suite, after the present war ?" asked the young man, with earnestness.
"You mean the Prince of Prussia," answered the other, shaking his head.
"There are men who call this prince the 'hope of Prussia,' and regard him as a new Aurora in the clouded sky." "And you, sir, do you regard him so ?" cried Herr Wolff.
"Do you mean that the Prince of Prussia will usher in a brighter day for Germany ?" "No," answered the other.