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LETTERS. 165
If you should happen to see any remarkable personages,
any real originals, please describe them to me. I want to
make use of them in my “Sketches.” But pray, dearest,
mention this, or whatever else I write to you about my au-
thorship, to nobody. People are in general very fright-
ened of being described in books, and in our country an
authoress is often looked upon as a regular scarecrow.
If I should come to Christianstad, I wish to be known there
merely as the sister of Mrs. , which I am sure will be
the best letter of introduction for me.
CHBISTIANSTAD, October 25th, 1831.
My pearest Morner, — Ah! what a joy it is to be
able to turn in full confidence to the one whom we have to
thank for our existence. I say thank; for life seems now
to be of value to me. Formerly it was not so. My youth
has not been happy; on the contrary, it has been a time
of suffering, and its days, to a great extent (this is indeed
truth), have passed away in a continual wish to die. But
now it is otherwise. As a compensation for that long time
‘of suffering and compulsory inactivity, another has suc-
ceeded, which gives me the means of usefulness, and there-
fore also of new life and gladness. We hope, we desire,
my sisters and I, nothing else than to be able to do some
little good, whilst we are wandering here on earth, and
according to the power that is given to us, to work for the
good of others, and live ourselves in peace and harmony ;
and perhaps our joyless youth, if it has deprived us of some
of the enjoyments of life, may in some measure have led
our minds to higher aspirations, and to a stronger desire
for real usefulness.
At this moment my plan for the future is the following :
to spend as little as possible of my own fortune uvon my-
self, so that I may be able as much as possible to devote
my life to acquiring all the means that may be of service
to me in the development of my mission as an authoress.
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