Without more ado he gave me a draft for four hundred albertsthalers, which I got cashed immediately, the albertsthaler being worth half a ducat.  I bade farewell to the duchess, and dined a second time with M. de Kaiserling.

The next day the young chamberlain came to bring me the duke’s letter, to wish me a pleasant journey, and to tell me that the Court carriage was at my door.  I set out well pleased with the assistance the stuttering Lambert had given me, and by noon I was at Riga.  The first thing I did was to deliver my letter of introduction to Prince Charles.