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Rh turned thanks for the kind reception which they were so good as to give me, and I assured them that I should never deviate from the sacred duties of a good patriot and a good citizen.

“Nov. 26.— I went this morning to the Hôtel-Dieu. The next time I shall dress the patients myself.

“Dec. 2.-I went yesterday morning to the Hôtel-Dieu. I dressed two patients, and gave one six, and the other three livres.

“Dec. 25.—I went yesterday morning to confession. I dined at the Palais Royal, and then went to the Philanthropic Society, whence I could not get away till eight o'clock. I went to the midnight mass at St. Eustache, returned at two in the morning, and got to bed at half-past two. I performed my devotions at this mass [Christmas].

“Jan. 7 (1791).— I went this morning to the Hôtel-Dieu in a hackney-coach, as my carriage was not come, and it rained hard. I dressed the patients and bled three women.

"Jan. 8. In the morning to the Assembly; at six in the evening to the Jacobins. M. de Noailles presented a work on the Revolution, by Mr. Joseph Towers, in answer to Mr. Burke. He praised it highly, and proposed that I should be appointed to translate it. This proposition was adopted with great applause, and I foolishly conscnted, but expressed my fear that I should not fulfil their expectations. I returned home at a quarter past seven. At night my father told me that he did not approve of it, and I must excuse myself to the Jacobins on Sunday. [We afterwards learn that the translation was executed ; but that his tutor, Mr. Pieyre, arranged it for the press.]

"Jan. 28 [Mentions how he caught cold).-Went to Bellechasse, where, notwithstanding my headache, and though I had much fever, I wished to remain ;