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Empress were with the having made acquaintance with you and how sorry they were that you had staid so short a time with them - to which I answer'd that considering what a [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] dear Charming [[/addition]] Creature I had always found You I was not at all surprised at their very good taste - I felt quite [[underline]] fat [[/underline]] with pleasure when I heard it - [[underline]] Alvensleben [[/underline]] has promised to take care of this letter for I don't like that Our little private Correspondence should be perused by the Post Master of every town it goes thro' - Pray write to me soon if you are well if not I shall hear it soon enough for bad News Circulates like the [[underline]] Diable [[/underline]] and we always get it sooner than good - [[underline]] England [[/underline]] never stood higher in the Opinion [[addition]] of [[/addition]] the [[underline]] Universe [[/underline]] than it does [[addition]] [[underline]] now [[/underline]] [[/addition]] and it has done [[underline]] more [[/underline]] and Obtained [[underline]] More [[/underline]] by Steadiness than it could by a Thousand Wars and great success in every one of the Thousand --