Inow，withtheaidofacoupleofducats，discoveredthewholeaffair，andlearneditwasagreed，betweenthePrussianresident，Reimer，andthelieutenant，thatthelattershouldenticemeintothesuburbofLangfuhr，wheretherewasaninnonthePrussianterritories。Hereeightrecruitingunder—officersweretowaitconcealed，andseizemethemomentIenteredthehouse，hurrymeintoacarriage，anddriveawayforLauenberginPomerania。Twounder—officersweretoescortme，onhorseback，asfarasthefrontiers，andtheremaindertoholdandpreventmefromcallingforhelp，solongasweshouldremainontheterritoriesofDantzic。
Ifartherlearnedmyenemieswereonlytobearmedwithsabres，andthattheyweretowaitbehindthedoor。Thetwoofficersonhorsebackweretosecuremyservant，andpreventhimfromridingoffandraisinganalarm。
Thesepreparationsmighteasilyhavebeenrenderedfruitless，bymyrefusingtoaccepttheproposalofthelieutenant，butvanitygavemeotheradvice，andresentmentmademedesirousofavengingmyselfforsuchdetestabletreachery。
LieutenantN—came，aboutnoon，todinewithmeasusual，wasmorepensiveandseriousthanIhadeverobservedhimbefore，andleftmeatfourintheafternoon，afterhavingmadeapromisetorideearlynextdaywithhimasfarasLangfuhr。Iobservedmyconsentgavehimgreatpleasure，andmyheartthenpronouncedsentenceonthetraitor。ThemomenthehadleftmeIwenttotheRussianresident，M。Scheerer，anhonestSwiss，relatedthewholeconspiracy，andaskedwhetherImightnottakesixofthemenundermycommandformyownpersonaldefence。Itoldhimmyplan，whichheatfirstopposed；butseeingmeobstinate，heansweredatlast，\"Doasyouplease；Imustknownothingofthematter，norwillImakemyselfresponsible。\"
Iimmediatelyjoinedmysoldiers，selectedsixmen，andtookthem，whileitwasdark，oppositethePrussianinn，hidtheminthecorn，withanordertoruntomyhelpwiththeirfirelocksloadedthefirstdischargetheyshouldhear，toseizeallwhoshouldfallintotheirpower，andonlytofireincaseofresistance。Iprovidedthemwithfire—arms，byconcealingtheminthecarriagewhichbroughtthemtotheirhiding—place。