HisBrother，thePageKeith，ispackedintotheFusileerRegiment，atWeselhere；andtherewalkssentry，unheardoffortherestofhislife。SomuchfortheKeiths。[Preuss:FriedrichmitseinenVerwandtenundFreunden，pp。330，392。——See，onthisandtheotherpoints，Pollnitz，Memoiren，ii。352—374（andcorrecthismanyblunders）。]
OtherdifficultythereisastothePrisonofthePrince。WeselisastrongTown；butforobviousreasonsonenearerBerlin，fartherfromthefrontier，wouldbepreferable。TowardsBerlin，however，thereisnorouteallonPrussianground:fromthesedividedCleveCountrieswehavetocrossabitofHanover，abitofHessen—Cassel:supposetheseSereneHighnessesweretointerfere？
Notlikelytheywillinterfere，answerancientmilitarymen，ofduegrimness；atanyrate，wecangoaroundaboutroad，andtheyneednotknow！Thatisthemethodsettledon；neighborhoodofBerlin，clearlysomewherethere，mustbetheplace？OldCastleofMittenwalde，intheWusterhausenenvirons，letthatbethefirstresting—point，then；Rochow，Waldau，andtheWeselFusileer—Colonelhere，suremen，withatrooperortwoforescort，shallconductthePrisoner。ByTreuenbrietzen，bycircuitousroads:swift，silent，steady，——andwithvigilance，asyoushallanswer！——Thesepreliminariessettled，FriedrichWilhelmdrivesoffhomewards，blackCareridingbehindhim。HereachesBerlin，Sunday，27thAugust；findsaworldgonealltoakindofdoomsdaywithhimthere，poorgentleman。
SCENEATBERLINONMAJESTY’SARRIVAL。
OnSundayevening，27thAugust，1730，hisMajesty，whohadrestedovernightatPotsdamfromhisrapidjourney，droveintoBerlinbetweenfourandfiveintheafternoon。DeserterFritzisfollowing，underescortofhisthreemilitarygentlemen，ataslowerrateandbycircuitousroutes，soastoavoidtheterritoriesofHanoverandHessen，——towardsMittenwaldeintheWusterhausenneighborhood。ThemilitarygentlemenarevigilantasArgus，and，thoughpityingthepoorPrince，mustberigorousasRhadamanthus。Hisattemptsatescape，ofwhichtraditionmentionsmorethanone，theywillnotreporttoPapa，norevennoticetothePrincehimself；butwilltakecaretorenderfutile，oneandall:hisMajestymaybesecureonthatscore。