Afternoon of Monday, 3d of April, 1730, in the Schloss of Berlin,--towards sunset, some ornamental seam in one's hand:-- "I was sitting quiet in my Apartment, busy with work, and some one reading to me, when the Queen's Ladies rushed in, with a torrent of domestics in the rear; who all bawled out, putting one knee to the ground, 'They were come to salute the Princess of Wales.' I fairly believed these poor people had lost their wits; they would not cease overwhelming me with noise and tumult, their joy was so great they knew not what they did.

When the farce had lasted some time, they at last told me"-- what our readers know.

What the demure Wilhelmina professes she cared next to nothing about.

"I was so little moved by it, that I answered, going on with my work, 'Is that all ?' Which greatly surprised them.

A while afterwards my Sisters and several Ladies came also to congratulate me.