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LETTERS. 145
you will soon be able to judge best yourself. I am only
afraid that you expect too much. I learn to value more
highly every day in a man, goodness and justice. But I
have such a sincere and joyful hope that these rare house-
hold gods shall change my Charlotte’s earthly home into a
heaven. By the by, notre futur beau-frére is, 1 suppose,
now in C——a? The other morning we had an immense
deal to do to remember his physiognomy. Hedda knewit a
little better ; but you must be so amiable as to come to our
assistance, especially in what regards the shape of his nose,
which has entirely escaped our memory. And, once more,
my dear Charlotte, I must ask you to write about every
thing ; the greatest trifle is now of interest. I shall now
try. to speak of something else.
Last Monday I was at the Baroness F s pour toute la
journée, together with the L—-s; it was very agreeable,
not to speak of the pleasure (of which I feel very little
nowadays) of being warmly complimented by the assem-
bled company upon my paintings, of which only two were
there, namely, that of Countess B—— in sepia, which
always hangs behind Lady F ’s chair; and that of
L—— in colors, which latter I had just finished, and
which has afforded me a great deal of pleasure, by the
pleasure which it gives his wife.
3
1829,
After dispatching my letter to you last Friday, we three
sisters here at home sat down together on the sofa to read
your letter over again; made again our commentaries on
the same ; and gave free vent to our cheerful hopes in (I
may well say so) the innocence of our hearts, and in our
affection for you. The imagination of girls, like young
fiery colts, is sometimes disposed to bolt, and ours cleared
with a few bounds all the five-barred gates of time, while
we thought of how to furnish the house and how to do all the
,_ needle-work for you. Hedda had seen charming curtains
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