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LETTERS.
Arsra, 14th January, 1828,
Ir is still early morning when I sit down to write to my
darling Lotten. I see by your letter, which I received
yesterday, that mine had not then reached you. - Dearest
Charlotte! If you but knew how much good your letter
(although far too short) has done me, you would at once
abandon needle and thread, piano-forte and music-books,
or what else you may be busy with, in order to fabricate
another such letter, which shall more vividly and clearly
picture to my longing eyes Agatha W. ’s and your own
every-day life. Thanks be to God that Agatha is so well,
so comfortable, so sensible! Thanks be to God that you
are beside her! and that, while contributing to render her
life more pleasant, you can yourself enjoy the delightful
feeling of leading a comfortable and useful existence.
Born and qualified, as you are, for an active life, and to
devote yourself to others, how must I not rejoice to see
you fulfill now for the first time your beautiful mission ;
yourself happy, by making others happy. How delightful
your plans for this winter! Music and reading, life’s po-
etry; work, its most enchanting prose; and I feel con-
vinced that its more commonplace yet necessary side, to
eat and to sleep, will not be forgotten. But I must have a
more detailed sketch of all this. Until then I shall find
no leisure myself, either for eating or sleeping.
And then this little “expected stranger,” how he inter-
ests me already! How sweet he must be, and how happy!
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