departure for Dresden, translating it scrupulously from the Polish, and
underlining [italicizing] the portions originally written in French:


I shall not see you again, as I can no longer delay, my husband
having fixed the very day for my arrival in Dresden. In his second
letter, he impresses on me not to be later than the fifth of
January. I must then say farewell, and rest assured that I return
with my whole soul the affection you feel for me; always, and in
whatever place I may be, _you will be the dearest to me, and the
tokens of your remembrance, the most satisfactory to my heart_.

Write to me often, I beg you, and rely upon my punctuality in
replying.

I am going where I hope to find a little repose.... Alas! I no
longer expect happiness, for the elector will not concede me my
rank as princess royal, nor recognize me as the wife of the prince.
He desires, that is to say, he commands me to preserve my
_incognito_, while in his estates. The prince royal is truly
grieved, and of all my sorrows the most bitter is that of my
husband; his health is visibly failing.

I will write you a faithful account of all that happens to me; you
shall know how I am received and the progress of all my affairs. If
they will be willing to decree us an augmented allowance, I will
beg my husband to permit me to leave Dresden and settle in some
foreign country contiguous to Saxony, that I may readily hold
communication with him. Do not mention my project to any one, for
if it were known in Saxony, _my whole enterprise would be ruined.