Hanbury，cheerfullyconfident，provideshimselfwiththerequisites，storeofbribe—moneyasthechief；——atWarsawwithal，hepicksuponePoniatowski（airysentimentalcoxcomb，ratherofdissolutehabits，handsomestandwindiestofyoungPolacks）:
\"GoodforaLovertotheGrand—Duchess，thisone！\"thinksHanbury。
Whichprovedtrue，andhaditsusesforHanbury；——Grand—DuchessandGrand—Duke（CatherineandPeter，whomwesawweddedtwelveyearsago，Heirs—ApparentofthisRussianChaos）beinganabstruselysituatedpairofSpouses；wellcapableofsomethingpolitical，inprivateways，insuchasceneofaffairs；andCatherine，whoisanextremelyclevercreature，beingoutofaloverjustnow。AfinescenefortheDiplomatist，thisRussiaatpresent。Nowhereintheworldcanyoudosomuchwithbribery；quiteastandingitem，andfinancialnecessary—of—lifetoOfficialsofthehighestrankthere，asHanburywellknows。[HisLetters（inRaumer），PASSIM。]ThatofPoniatowskiproved，otherwisetoo，anotablestrokeofHanbury’s；
andshotthepoorPolishCoxcombaloftintotragicaltitudes，onthesudden，asweallknow！
Hanbury’simmensedexterities，andincessantlaborsatPetersburg，shallliehiddenintheslop—pails:itisenoughtosay，hisguineas，hisdexteritiesandauxiliaryPoniatowskisdidprevail；