ChapterIV。
DOUBLE—MARRIAGETREATYCANNOTBESIGNED。
Hithertotheworld—tides，andebbsandflowsofexternalPolitics，had，byaccident，ratherforwarded，thanhinderedtheDouble—Marriage。IntherearofsuchaTreatyofHanover，triumphantlyrightingtheEuropeanBalancesbyhelpofFriedrichWilhelm，onemighthavehopedthislittledomesticTreatywould，atlast，getitselfsigned。QueenSophiedidhastenofftoHanover，directlyafterherhusbandhadleftitunderthosefavorableaspects:butPapaagainprovedunmanageable；theTreatycouldnotbeachieved。
Alas，andwhynot？ParentsandChildren，onbothsides，beingreallydesirousofit，whatreasonistherebutitshouldinduetimecometoperfection，and，withoutannihilatingTimeandSpace，makefourlovershappy？Noreason。RubsdoubtlesshadarisensincethatVisitofGeorgeI。，discordantprocedures，chieflyaboutFriedrichWilhelm’srecruitingoperationsintheHanoverterritory，asshallbenotedbyandby:butthesetheever—wakefulenthusiasmofQueenSophie，whohadsetherwholeheartwithafemalefixityonthisDouble—MarriageProject，hadsmootheddownagain:andnow，PapaandHusbandbeingsoblessedlyunitedintheirWorldPolitics，whynotsigntheMarriage—Treaty？
HonoredMajesty—Papa，whynot！——\"Tush，child，youdonotunderstand。Inthesetremendouscircumstances，thecelestialSignoftheBALANCEjustaboutcanting，andtheObliquityoftheEclipticliketoalter，howcanonethinkoflittlemarriages？