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LETTERS. 163
Franzén says that people expect to see the blind one act-
ing a part. She shall do so.
Sunday, the 18th.
The day before yesterday all was brilliant; last night
every thing was flat and dull. So changeable is the wind!
August was not at all well; to-day he is seriously ill.
Agatha has had an attack of her old rheumatic complaint,
and is not well yet; but she has good courage, and then all
is well.
SrockHoim, 28d January, 1831.
Yesterday I received your letter of the 16th. I was
very much touched by it, and it made me very happy, be-
cause the state of your mind, which it shows, is so beauti-
ful, so noble, so amiable, that, as surely as the spring brings
flowers in its train, so surely must it bring with it happiness
and all its joyous flowers. I feel convinced that in another
respect also you will feel yourself more and more happy,
when, as you say yourself, the memory of a gloomy life be-
gins to fade from your view, and at last dies altogether.
Yes, a good and noble husband is the chief good in mar-
ried life; such a husband throws over all circumstances in
life thousands of comforts and charms, of which formerly
one could have no idea. God bless ! When you
get quite settled in your new home, you will surely find
yourself still more comfortable. Write to me, dearest
Charlotte, especially about your state of mind.
Not every thing at home is quite as it ought to be. Our
little Agatha, with whose health and spirits we have been
so pleased, has for the last fortnight been rather on the de-
cadence in both. The other evening, when, in spite of her
ill health, she was out, we had a brilliant soirée at the
“ Singing Union.” ‘The Royal Family was there, and had
a few words to say to every body. We sang choruses from
“ Guillaume Tell,” which succeeded famously, and made a
splendid effect. That evening ended in a brilliant way for
me. Acquaintances and strangers of the fashionable world
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