History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.
CHAPTER VII.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE CROWN PRINCE.
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 136