4th.  Upon  returning  home,  found  that  Count  Finkenstein  had
sent  for  me  to  call  on  him  again  this  evening  at  half-past  six.  I
sent  him  this  morning  my  credential  letter  to  the  late  King.  I
went  to  him  at  the  time  designated.  He  told  me  the  King  had
fixed  upon  to-morrow,  at  half-past  ten  in  the  morning,  to  give
me  an  audience,  and  that  I  should  do  well  to  write  to  the
Courts  of  the  two  Queens  and  the  other  Princes  and  Princesses
of  the  royal  family  to  enquire  when  they  would  receive  me.
I  knew  not  to  whom  to  apply.  Called  immediately  upon  M.
de  Maisonneuve  to  enquire  of  him;  he  was  not  at  home.  Called
at  the  Danish  Minister's.  He  had  a  houseful  of  company,
and  I  could  get  no  opportunity  to  enquire  of  him.  Saw  there
the  Countess  Haugwitz  and  Count  Podewils,  the  Grand  Mar-
shal of  the  King's  Court.  Found  I  must  go  entirely  by  guess
and  such  information  as  I  could  get  from  the  address  calender.
5th.  Sent  round  cards  to  the  Courts  of  the  Princess  Louis,
Prince  and  Princess  Henry,  Prince  and  Princess  Ferdinand,  the
dowager  Landgrave  of  Hesse-Cassel,  Princess  Radziwill,and  to
the  Princes  Henry  and  William,  brothers  of  the  King.  At  a  few
minutes  later  than  half-past  ten,  I  could  not  possibly  go  sooner,
I  went  to  the  Prince  Royal's  palace,  where  the  King  yet  resides.
