Note 57 — Chapter XV · THE WAR IN SILESIA.
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“Valori was one night with him, and, on rising to take leave, the fat hand, sticking probably in the big waistcoat pocket, twitched out a little diplomatic-looking Note, which Frederick, with gentle adroitness (permissible in such circumstances), set his foot upon, till Valori had bowed himself out.”—Carlyle, vol. iii., p. 330.