Voltaire writes that is is always raining in Strasbourg and that he has bought Marie-Louis Denis [née Mignot] a sedan that he hopes she will be happy with. He discusses buying land but notes that he is waiting for the approval of Champignele because it is so close to the court of the king of Poland. Voltaire adds that if it is too expensive he will not buy it, concluding that as long as he lives with Marie-Louis Denis [née Mignot] it does not matter where the land is. He then notes that he saw the General of the Saxons whom he felt was a man of merit. He writes that the General escaped last year from the Prussians with ten thousand men and led tom to Hungary and France. Voltaire adds that he believes that the King of Prussia is as embarrassed now as he was last year in July. He ends his discussion of the General and warfare by remarking that the army of Clermont is still without a General and states: ‘God help us.’ He concludes by asking Marie-Louis Denis [née Mignot] to write to him, before addressing Madame de Fontaine whom he ays he pities. He asks if she goes to the comedy in this abominable weather and enquires after her ‘fat offspring’. In final departing lines, he notes that Madame de Bentinck has arrived.