The individual felt that she had made a mistake.
The King's next warning was remarkable.

Letters, he pointed out, are almost invariably read in the post.

This was inconvenient, no doubt; but the fact, once properly grasped, was not without its advantages.

"I will give you an example: we are still plagued by Prussia concerning those fortresses; now to tell the Prussian Government many things, which we SHOULD NOT LIKE to tell them officially, the Minister is going to write a despatch to our man at Berlin, sending it BY POST; the Prussians ARE SURE to read it, and to learn in this way what we wish them to hear.
Analogous circumstances might very probably occur in England.

I tell you the TRICK," wrote His Majesty, "that you should be able to guard against it." Such were the subtleties of constitutional sovereignty.
It seemed that the time had come for another step.