Eight o'clock: so that Wilhelmina is obliged at once to get upon the road again,--poor Princess, after such a day and night.

Her description of the Interview is very good:-- "My Brother overwhelmed me with caresses; but found me in so pitiable a state, he could not restrain his tears.

I was not able to stand on my limbs; and felt like to faint every moment, so weak was I.He told me the King was much angered at the Margraf [my Father-in-Law] for not letting his Son make the Campaign,"-- concerning which point, said Son, my Husband, being Heir-Apparent, there had been much arguing in Court and Country, here at Baireuth, and endless anxiety on my poor part, lest he should get killed in the Wars.

"I told him all the Margraf's reasons; and added, that surely they were good, in respect of my dear Husband.
'Well,' said he, 'let him quit soldiering, then, and give back his regiment to the King.

But for the rest, quiet yourself as to the fears you may have about him if he do go; for I know, by certain information, that there will be no blood spilt.'-- 'They are at the Siege of Philipsburg, however.'-- 'Yes,' said my Brother, 'but there will not be a battle risked to hinder it.' "The Hereditary Prince," my Husband, "came in while we were talking so; and earnestly entreated my Brother to get him away from Baireuth.
They went to a window, and talked a long time together.