^8 * THE LIFE OF 



apartments might pofTibly be concealed, forty 

 or fifty ftout handfome domeftics could not 

 efcape the penetrating eye of Frederic : he knew 

 in fait every body in Potfdam; and when he 

 jnet any of thefe volunteer lacqueys, never 

 failed to beftow reproachful epithets on them. 



The King, whofe curiofity was raifed by the 

 exploits of Potemkin in the Crimea, honoured 

 me with fome marks of attention ; and thus I 

 obtained a fort of indired: leave to relide at 

 Potfdam, (a favour very rarely granted, parti- 

 cularly to military men) ; nor was I unnoticed 

 by the Prince, at whofe parties I frequently 

 made one. Having {cen the King, and having 

 attended different manoeuvres where that in- 

 imitable foldier commanded in perfon, I was 

 recommended by my friends to go to Berlin, in 

 order to be introduced to the Oueen. 



I went accordingly ; and Prince Dolgorouki, 

 the Ruffian Envoy there, having introduced mc 

 to the reft of the foreign minifters, I was on the 

 firft public day prefented to her Majefty, by her 

 firft Chamberlain, Pritwitz. It was on this 

 vifit to Berlin that I had the good fortune to 

 become acquainted with the amiable Duke 

 Frederic of Brunfwick, and General MoUen- 

 dorff. Governor of the capital. 



After having remained a few days to enjoy 

 the pleafures of Berlin, I returned to Potfdam, 



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