Drawingwasproceedingunmolested，whenhisfoolishBaireuthHussar，havinganexcellentrifle（ARQUEBUSERAYEE）withhim，tookitintohisheadtohaveashotattheFrenchsentriesatlongrange。Hisshothitnothing；butitawakenedtheFrenchanimosity，aswasnatural；theFrenchbegandiligentlyfiring；andmighteasilyhavedonemischief。MyHusband，volleyingoutsomerebukeupontheblockheadofaHussar，finishedhisdrawing，inspiteoftheFrenchbullets；thenrodeuptotheCrown—PrinceandIllMargraf，whohadgottheirshareofwhatwasgoing，andwereinnogood—humorwithhim。IllMargrafroundedthingsintotheCrown—
Prince’sear，inanunmannerlyway，withglancesatmyHusband；——
whounderstooditwellenough；andpromptlycoercedsuchill—bredprocedures，intimating，inapoliteimpressiveway，thattheywouldbedangerousifpersistedin。WhichreducedtheIllMargraftoaspitefulbutsilentcondition。Nootherharmwasdoneatthattime；theFrenchbulletsallwentawry，or\"evenfellshort，beingsuckedinbytheriver，\"thinksWilhelmina。[Wilhelmina，ii。208，209；OEuvresdeFrederic，xxvii。part1st，p。19。]
AmoreimportantfeatureoftheCrown—Prince’slifeintheselatterweeksisthenewshegetsofhisfather。FriedrichWilhelm，afterquittingtheElectoralYacht，didhisreviewingatWesel，atBielefeld，allhisreviewinginthoseRhineandWeserCountries；
thenturnedasidetopayapromisedvisittoGinkeltheBerlinDutchAmbassador，whohasafineHouseinthoseparts；andtherehisMajestyhasfallenseriouslyill。ObligedtopauseatGinkel’s，andthenathisownSchlossofMoyland，forsometime；