And withal I am obliged to work, almost as much as your Majesty.

I pass the whole day alone.

If you would permit that I might shift to the Apartment next the one I have,--to that where General Bredow slept last winter,--I should work more commodiously.

My Secretary (Collini) and I could work together there.

I should have a little more sun, which is a great point for me .-- Only the whim of a sick man, perhaps! Well, even so, your Majesty will have pity on it.