\"Meanwhile，\"continuesWilhelmina，\"theKingofEngland’stimeofarrivalwasdrawingnigh。Werepaired，onthe6thofOctober，toCharlottenburgtoreceivehim。Theheartofmekeptbeating，andI
wasincruelagitations。KingGeorge[myGrandfather，andGrandUncle]arrivedonthe8th，aboutsevenintheevening；\"——duskyshadesalreadysinkingoverNatureeverywhere，andallpathsgrowingdim。Abundantflunkies，ofcourse，rushoutwithtorchesorwhatisneedful。\"TheKingofPrussia，theQueenandalltheirSuitereceivedhimintheCourtofthePalace，the’Apartments’
beingontheground—floor。SosoonashehadsalutedtheKingandQueen，Iwaspresentedtohim。Heembracedme；andturningtotheQueensaidtoher，’Yourdaughterisverybigofherage！’HegavetheQueenhishand，andledherintoherapartment，whithereverybodyfollowedthem。AssoonasIcamein，hetookalightfromthetable，andsurveyedmefromheadtofoot。Istoodmotionlessasastatue，andwasmuchputoutofcountenance。
Allthiswentonwithouthisutteringtheleastword。Havingthuspassedmeinreview，headdressedhimselftomyBrother，whomhecaressedmuch，andamusedhimselfwith，foragoodwhile。\"
PrettylittleGrandsonthis，yourMajesty；——anyfutureofhistoryinthisone，thinkyou？\"I，\"saysWilhelmina，\"tooktheopportunityofslippingout；\"——hopefultogetaway；butcouldnot，theQueenhavingnoticed。