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Walking about, till flie faw theguells feated, and 

 then retired without faying a word or being ob- 

 ferved by the company* ■ . 



The great encouragement I had- hitherto re- 

 ceived, had naturally encouraged me to fplendid 

 living; few can bear the idea of retrenching, 

 and I am unfortunately not one of that felf-de- 

 nying clafs. While I -had the Duchefs of 

 Kingfton's houfe, it faved me much money, but 

 now, though I myfelf had a lodging and table at 

 the Prince's, I was obliged to provide quarters 

 for my family at an enormous expence, for 

 houfes are not eafily to be hired at St. Peterf- 

 burgh. Befides, the day of adive fervice was 

 over, and the Prince, though he treated 

 me with much politenefs, did not find me the 

 indifpenfible officer I once was; I therefore ob- 

 tainedleave to retire to Narva, and foon after 

 from the fervice. 



I immediately failed from Narva to Copen- 

 hagen, furnifhed with letters of recommenda- 

 tion for Pruffia from feveral of the moft diflin- 

 guifhed charaders at the Ruffian court; parti- 

 cularly from the Count de Goertz, minifter from 

 Berlin, to his brother, then Major-General of 

 cavalry and Aid-du-Camp General to Frederic 

 the Great. 



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