The Bearer, who is Captain Knobelsdorf [excellent judicious man, old acquaintance from the Custrin time, who attends upon us, actual Captain once, but now titular merely, given to architecture and the fine arts (Seyfarth (Anonymous), _Lebens-und Regierungs-Geschichte Friedrichs des Andern_ (Leipzig, 1786), ii.200._OEuvres de Frederic,_ vii.

33.
Preuss, _Friedrich mit seinen Verwandten_ (Berlin.

1838), pp.

8, 17.)], will apprise you of every particular: let Knobelsdorf settle something that may be possible.

This is how I stand at present; and instead of having to expect some favor from the King [after what I have done by his order], I get nothing but chagrin.