On this, I pray God to have you in his holy and worthy keeping .-- FRIEDRICH." [In De Prades's hand;--OEuvres de Frederic,--xxii.

308, 309: Friedrich's own Minute to De Prades has, instead of these last three lines: "That I have not the folly and vanity of authors, and that the cabals of literary people seem to me the depth of degradation," &c.] VOLTAIRE SPECTRALLY GIVEN (Collini LOQUITUR).

"One evening walking in the garden [at rural Belvedere,--after March 5th], talking of our situation, he asked me, 'Could you drive a coach-and-two ?' I stared at him a moment; but knowing that there must be no direct contradiction of his ideas, I said 'Yes.'-- 'Well, then, listen; I have thought of a method for getting away.

You could buy two horses; a chariot after that.
So soon as we have horses, it will not appear strange that we lay in a little hay.'-- 'Yes, Monsieur; and what should we do with that ?' said I.
'LE VOICI (this is it).

We will fill the chariot with hay.