"Bautzen, Saturday, 15th September, early in the morning," that is the date of the important Colloquy.

And precisely eight-and-forty hours before, "on Thursday, 13th, about 10 A.M.", in the western Environs of Quebec, there has fallen out an Event, quite otherwise important in the History of Mankind! Of which readers shall have some notice at a time more convenient .-- Romanzof returning with such answer, Soltikof straightway gathers himself, September 15th-16th, and gets on march.

To Friedrich's joy; who hopes it may be homeward; waits two days at Waldau, for the Yes or No.

On the second day, alas, it is No: "Going for Silesia, I perceive; thither, by a wide sweep northward, which they think will be safer!" Upon which Friedrich also rises; follows, with another kind of speed than Soltikof's; and, by one of his swift clutchings, lays hold of Sagan, which he, if Soltikof has not, sees to be a key-point in this operation.

Easy for Soltikof to have seized this key-point, key of the real road to Glogau; easy for Loudon and the new 10,000 to have rendezvoused there: but nobody has thought of doing it.