"And a little man with sharp eyes and a big walking stick, but otherwise dressed like the two others in red and black, appeared. I need not give you a further description, as you may read it in Macaulay's essay on Frederick the Great.
"The one with the crooked moustache said at once:
"'Great Grandfather, I have called you to succour us. Come now and aid us.'
"Thereupon Beelzebub-Frederick answered:
"'Sonny, thou art the Superdevil, and although I was a greater general than thou ever wilt be, I do not dare to give thee advice, especially as I have none to give.'
"The Allhighest Superdevil shrugged his Imperial shoulders and called again:
"'Hither, Mephistopheles! Hither! Come and grant us good deliverance.'
"And another devil appeared, an insignificant looking one. But he answered:
"'Monseigneur, as true as my name on earth was Treitschke, I am good only at writing about frightfulness; but I am not a practical devil.'