Friedrich's feelings while all this went on, take the
following small utterances of his, before going farther. JANUARY 27th,
1762 (To Madam Camas,--eight days after the Russian Event): "I rejoice,
my good Mamma, to find you have such courage; I exhort you to redouble
it! All ends in this world; so we may hope this accursed War will not be
the only thing eternal there. Since death has trussed up a certain CATIN
of the Hyperborean Countries, our situation has advantageously changed,
and becomes more supportable than it was. We must hope that some other
events [favor of the new Czar mainly] will happen; by which we may
profit to arrive at a good Peace."

JANUARY 31st (To Minister Finkenstein) "Behold the first gleam of light
that rises;--Heaven be praised for it! We must hope good weather will
succeed these storms. God grant it!" [Preuss, ii. 312.]

END OF MARCH (To D'Argens):... "All that [at Paris; about the
Pompadourisms, the EXILE of Broglio and Brother, and your other news] is
very miserable; as well as that discrepancy between King's Council and
Parlement for and against the Jesuits! But, MON CHER MARQUIS, my head is
so ill, I can tell you nothing more,--except that the Czar of Russia is
a divine man; to whom I ought to erect altars." [_OEuvres de Frederic,_
xix. 301.]

MAY 25th (To the same,--Russian PEACE three weeks ago): "It is very
pleasant to me, dear Marquis, that Sans-Souci could afford you an
agreeable retreat during the beautiful Spring days. If it depended only
on me, how soon should I be there beside you! But to the Six Campaigns
there is a Seventh to be added, and will soon open; either because the
Number 7 had once mystic qualities, or because in the Book of Fate from
all eternity the"--... "Jesuits banished from France? Ah, yes:--hearing
of that, I made my bit of plan for them [mean to have my pick of them as
schoolmasters in Silesia here]; and am waiting only till I get Silesia
cleared of Austrians as the first thing. You see we must not mow the
corn till it is ripe." [_OEuvres de Frederic,_ xix. p. 321.]

MAY 28th (To the same):... Tartar Khan actually astir, 10,000 men of
his in Hungary (I am told); Turk potentially ditto, with 200,000 (futile
both, as ever): "All things show me the sure prospect of Peace by the
end of this Year; and, in the background of it, Sans-Souci and my dear
Marquis! A sweet calm springs up again in my soul; and a feeling of
hope, to which for six years I had got unused, c