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“ Euphrosine,” Grafstrém, Béttiger, and other poets. All
this has fatigued me very much. In order to refresh my-
self a little, I sit down to write to you, and shall begin
with thanking you very much for your letter of the 4th of
June. Ever since Whitsuntide, I have led a very active
and stirring life amongst a great many people, whom I
shall here introduce to you. First, then, comes the Bar-
oness Knorring, née Zelow, who spent the Whitsun holi-
days here. She is an exceedingly animated and very witty
lady ; but she is also, what is better than this, more cordial
and amiable than the majority of people, although this is
not observed until after a more intimate acquaintance with
. her. She resembles in this respect her own face, in which
there is not, strictly speaking, any thing very agreeable,
when the expression is listless, but in which the prettiest
looks, full of life and grace, are, as it were, budding out,
when, in the course of conversation, she becomes animated
with speaking or relating; and this latter is her most
brilliant part. The days which she spent here with her
daughter made ‘in many respects a mutually bright and
cheerful impression. The weather and Nature were won-
derfully charming, so that one felt inclined to accept =
(old popular belief that God’s angels, at this time of the
) season, soar up and down between heaven and earth, in\
\order to impart to the latter some of the glories of the \
\former. :
On the Monday after Whitsun week, our mother and I
went to town. There I again spent much of my time
with the Baroness Knorring, and I had the pleasure of
introducing to her several literary notabilities, such as
Franzén, Geijer, Brinckman, Grafstrém, which was very
pleasant, and afforded her great delight. Brinckman be-
came very animated on account of this new acquaintance.
He invited us to tea, together with several others; and he
will certainly not fail to hover round the witty Baroness
during her mineral-water drinking in Stockholm. Brinck-
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