ONE:On the 15th of May, 1753, the Russian Senate had passed the resolution that it should henceforth be the policy of Russia not only to resist all further encroachments on the part of Prussia, but to seize the first opportunity to force the Prussian monarch back to the possession of simply his original boundary of Brandenburg. It was also agreed that, should Prussia attack any of the allies of Russia, or be attacked by any of them, the armies of the czar should immediately array themselves against the armies of Frederick. There were many other papers, more or less obscure, which rendered it very certain that Maria Theresa would ere long make a new attempt to regain Silesia, and that in that attempt she would be aided both by Russia and Poland. Frederick also knew full well that nothing would better please his uncle George II. of England than to see Prussia crowded back to her smallest limits. To add to Frederick��s embarrassment, France was hopelessly alienated from him. ONE: Matrimonial Intrigues.��Letters from the King to his Son.��Letter from Fritz to Grumkow.��Letter to Wilhelmina.��The Betrothal.��Character of Elizabeth.��Her cruel Reception by the Prussian Queen.��Letter from Fritz to Wilhelmina.��Disappointment and Anguish of Elizabeth.��Studious Habits of Fritz.��Continued Alienation of his Father.��The Marriage.��Life in the Castle at Reinsberg.

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