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Rh ",—For at this moment, when my heart is full of our former affection, I can use no other epithet than the one which belongs to that time,—I cannot resist the temptation of writing to bid you farewell. Circumstances, which are too long for detail—perhaps they might not interest you—and which have made a great change in my prospects, induce me to leave France; and Guido and myself are on the point of embarking for England. In all human probability we shall meet no more. It would make me very happy to see you before my departure, to tell you of my future hopes, to offer you my best wishes, to believe that we shall preserve a kindly recollection of each other, and to talk a little of the past. Farewell! That the holy Madonna may have you in her keeping, is the affectionate prayer of "."

This letter obtained no answer. Did we not daily observe them, we could not believe the instances of hard-heartedness evinced in social life—the neglect, the forgetfulness, and the ingratitude. The Comtesse de Soissons read Francesca's letter, and resolved to go that very day and see her; but the same morning the Duc d'Anjou gave a collation—so it was impossible.