Each day after the Manoeuvre, and giving the Orders of the day, he held a little Levee at the door, or in the court; at which, I can assure you, it is not an exaggeration of vanity to say, that he not only talked to me, but literally to nobody else at all.

It was a good deal each time, and as soon as finished he made his bow, and retired, though all, or most, of the other Foreigners were standing by, as well as his own Generals.

He also called me up, and spoke to me several times on horseback, when we were out, which he seldom did to anybody.
"The Prince Royal also showed me much civility.

The second day, he asked me to come and drink a dish of tea with him after dinner, and kept me an hour and half.

He told me, among other things, that the King of Prussia had a high opinion of me, and that it came chiefly from the favorable manner in which Duke Ferdinand and the Hereditary Prince [of Brunswick] had spoken of me....