Chapter 36: February

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌⁠I fear that my ambassador and I shall not continue much longer together. He is really growing past endurance. He transacts his business in so ridiculous a manner, that I am often compelled to contradict him, and do things my own way; and then, of course, he thinks them very ill done. He complained of me lately on this account at court; and the minister gave me a reprimand,—a gentle one it is true,