[ FRIEDRICH STRIKES OFF TO THE LEFT, AND HAS A VIEW OF STRASBURG FOR TWO DAYS. ]
[ FRIEDRICH FINDS M. DE MAUPERTUIS; NOT YET M. DE VOLTAIRE. ]

[ PARTICULARS OF FIRST INTERVIEW, ON SEVERE SCRUTINY. ]
[ WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARDS. ]
[ WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW AT THE TIME. ]

[ HOW THE HERSTALLERS HAD BEHAVED TO FRIEDRICH WILHELM. ]
[ FRIEDRICH TAKES THE ROD OUT OF PICKLE. ]
[ WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF HERSTAL. ]

[ WILHELMINA'S RETURN-VISIT. ]
[ UNEXPECTED NEWS AT REINSBERG. ]

[ MYSTERY IN BERLIN, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, WHILE THE PREPARATIONS GO ON; VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH TO DECIPHER IT, BUT CANNOT. ]
[ VIEW OF FRIEDRICH BEHIND THE VEIL. ]
[ EXCELLENCY BOTTA HAS AUDIENCE; THEN EXCELLENCY DICKENS, AND OTHERS: DECEMBER 6th, THE MYSTERY IS OUT. ]
[ MASKED BALL, AT BERLIN, 12th-13th DECEMBER. ]


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BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740.

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