This was the first great change for Anton Ulrich; but others greater are coming.

Little Anton, readers know, is Friedrich's Brother-in-law, much patronized by Austria; Anton's spouse is the Half-Russian Princess Catherine of Mecklenburg (now wholly Russian, and called Princess Anne), whom Friedrich at one time thought of applying for, in his distress about a Wife.

These two, will they side with Prussia, will they side with Austria?
It was hardly worth inquiry, had not Fortune's wheel made suddenly a great cant, and pitched them to the top, for the time being.
"Bieren lasted only twenty days.

He was very high and arbitrary upon everybody; Anne and Anton Ulrich suffering naturally most from him.

They took counsel with Feldmarschall Munnich on the matter; who, after study, declared it a remediable case.