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29th January 17—

—So then, it is your opinion that Fortune has at last become reconciled to me, and that, for the future, we are to continue on good terms! On the contrary, this capricious queen-regent has just now determined on exposing me to one of the severest trials of patience that I have for a long while encountered. You will say, no doubt, that my being stationed here is a mark of the Grand Duke’s favour, a special proof of the confidence he reposes in me, and so forth. How-