ausen her Country House, with the exception of the
Garden which is pretty enough,--our Shopkeepers of the Rue St. Honore
would sniff at such a lodging.

"Princess Amelia is rather amiable [thank you for nothing, Small Devil];
often out of temper because--this is so shocking a place for Ladies,
especially for maiden Ladies. Lives with her Mother; special income very
small;--Coadjutress of Quedlinburg; will be actual Abbess" in a year or
two. [11th April, 1756: Preuss, xxvii. p. xxxiv (of PREFACE).]

"Eldest Prince, Heir-Apparent,"--do not speak of him, Small Devil, for
you are misinformed in every feature and particular:--enough, "he is
fac-simile of his Brother. He has only 18,000 pounds a year, for self,
Wife, Household and Children [two, both Boys];--and is said [falsely] to
hoard, and to follow Trade, extensive Trade with his Brother's Woods.

"Prince Henri, who is just going to be married,"--thank you, Demon, for
reminding us of that. Bride is Wilhelmina, Princess of Hessen-Cassel.
Marriage, 25th June, 1752;--did not prove, in the end, very happy. A
small contemporary event; which would concern Voltaire and others
that concern us. Three months ago, April 14th, 1752, the
Berlin Powder-Magazine flew aloft with horrible crash;
[In--Helden-Geschichte--(iii. 531) the details.]--and would be audible
to Voltaire, in this his Second Act. Events, audible or not, never
cease.

"Prince Henri," in Demon's opinion, "is the amiablest of the House. He
is polite, generous, and loves good company. Has 12,000 pounds a year
left him by Papa." Not enough, as it proved. "If, on this Marriage, his
Brother, who detests him [witness Reinsberg and other evidences, now and
onward], gives him nothing, he won't be well off. They are furnishing
a House for him, where he will lodge after wedding. Is reported to
be--POTZDAMISTE [says the scandalous Small Devil, whom we are weary of
contradicting],--Potsdamite, in certain respects. Poor Princess, what a
destiny for you!

"Prince Ferdinand, little scraping of a creature (PETIT CHAFOUIN),
crapulous to excess, niggardly in the extreme, whom everybody
avoids,"--much more whose Portrait, by a Magic-lantern of this
kind: which let us hastily shut, and fling into the cellar!--"Little
Ferdinand, besides his 15,000 pounds a year, Papa's bequest, gets
considerable sums given him. Has lodging in the King's House; goes
shifting and visiting about, wherever he can live gratis; and strives
all he can to a