49; Valfons, pp.

202, 203; _OEuvres de Frederic,_ iv.

143 (with correction of Preuss's Note there).] "Unaccountable how Lynar had managed such a difficulty.

He says seraphically, in a Letter to a friend, which the Prussian hussars got hold of, 'The idea of it was inspired by the Holy Ghost:' at which the whole world haha'd again.

For it was a Convention vague, absurd, not capable of being executed; ratification of it refused by both Courts, by the French Court first, if that was any matter:--and the only thing now memorable of it is, that IT was a total Futility; but, that there ensued from it a Fact still of importance; namely:-- "That on the 5th of October following, Royal Highness quitted Stade, and his wrecked Army hanging sorrowful there, like a flight of plucked cranes in mid-air;--arrived at Kensington, October 12th; heard the paternal Majesty say, that evening, 'Here is my son who has ruined me, and disgraced himself!'-- and thereupon indignantly laid down his military offices, all and sundry; and ceased altogether to command Armies, English or other, in this world.