"'How have not I, on all occasions, meant honorably by you!
Last time I got wind of your debts, how did I, as a Father,
admonish you to tell me all; I would pay all, you were only to
tell me the truth. Whereupon you said, There were still two
thousand thalers beyond the sum named. I paid these also at once;
and fancied I had made peace with you. And then it was found, by
and by, you owed many thousands more; and as you now knew you
could not pay, it was as good as if the money had been stolen;--
not to reckon how the French vermin, Montholieu and partner,
cheated you with their new loans.' Pfui!--'Nothing touched me so
much [continues his Majesty, verging towards the pathetic], as
that you had not any trust in me. All this that I was doing for
aggrandizement of the House, the Army and Finances, could only be
for you, if you made yourself worthy of it! I here declare I have
done all things to gain your friendship;--and all has been in
vain!' At which words the Crown-Prince, with a very sorrowful
gesture, threw himself at his Majesty's feet,"--tears (presumably)
in both their eyes by this time.

"'Was it not your intention to go to England?' asked his Majesty
farther on. The Prince answered 'JA!'--'Then hear what the
consequences would have been. Your Mother would have got into the
greatest misery; I could not but have suspected she was the author
of the business. Your Sister I would have cast, for life, into a
place where she never would have seen sun and moon again. Then on
with my Army into Hanover, and burn and ravage; yes, if it had
cost me life, land and people. Your thoughtless and godless
conduct, see what it was leading to. I intended to employ you in
all manner of business, civil, military; but how, after such an