Adieu; God be with you." [_ OEuvres de Frederic,_ xxvii, part 3d, p.

55.] This important Missive reached Custrin, by estafette, that same midnight, 4th-5th February; when Wolden, "Hofmarschall of the Prince's Court" (titular Goldstick there, but with abundance of real functions laid on him), had the honor to awaken the Crown-Prince into the joy of reading.

Crown-Prince instantly despatched, by another estafette, the requisite responses to Papa and Mamma,--of which Wolden does not know the contents at all, not he, the obsequious Goldstick;--but doubtless they mean "Yes," Crown-Prince appearing so overjoyed at this splendid evidence of Papa's love, as the Goldstick could perceive.

[Wolden's LETTER to Friedrich Wilhelm, "5th February, 1732:" in Preuss, ii.

part 2d (or URKUNDENOUCH), p.206.