I will follow the advice you are so good as give me; and will take leave of the Queen [our dear Mamma] by Letter.

And that the reading of my Letter may not frighten her, I will send it by my Sister, to be presented in a favorable moment.
"I have yet got no Answer from Vienna; by Klinggraf's account, I shall not receive it till to-morrow [came this night], But I count myself surer of War than ever; as the Austrians have named Generals, and their Army is ordered to march, from Kolin to Konigsgratz"-- Schlesien way.

"So that, expecting nothing but a haughty Answer, or a very uncertain one, on which there will be no reliance possible, I have arranged everything for setting out on Saturday next.

To-morrow, so soon as the news comes, I will not fail to let you know.

Assuring you that I am, with a perfect affection, my dear Brother and my dear Sister,--Yours,--F." [_OEuvres de Frederic,_ xxvi.