277 n.] Here, however, is the Letter following on it two days after:-- FRIEDRICH TO THE DUCHESS OF SACHSEN-GOTHA.
"LEIPZIG, 6th December, 1762.
"MADAM,--I should never have done, my adorable Duchess, if I rendered you account of all the impressions which the friendship you lavished on me has made on my heart.

I could wish to answer it by entering into everything that can be agreeable to you [conduct of my Recruiters or Commissariat people first of all].

I take the liberty of forwarding the ANSWERS which have come in to the Two MEMOIRES you sent me.

I am mortified, Madam, if I have not been able to fulfil completely your desires: but if you knew the situation I am in, I flatter myself you would have some consideration for it.
"I have found myself here [in Leipzig, as elsewhere] overwhelmed with business, and even to a degree I had not expected.

Meanwhile, if I ever can manage again to run over and pay you in person the homage of a heart which is more attached to you than that of your near relations, assuredly I will not neglect the first opportunity that shall present itself.
"Messieurs the English [Bute, Bedford and Company, with their Preliminaries signed, and all my Westphalian Provinces left in a condition we shall hear of] continue to betray.