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40 he had been entrusted with, that of proposing to the impecunious Rousseau the composition of some musical airs. Marie Phlipon, delighted at this opportunity of seeing Rousseau, immediately indited an eloquent epistle, setting forth its object, adding that she would do herself the honour of fetching the answer in person at the stated time. Behold her then sallying forth in company with the faithful Mignonne, in a flutter of trepidation, hurrying through the streets of Paris, and arriving at last in the Rue Platrière, where Rousseau then lived. With the reverence with which one enters a temple, she knocked at the humble door, and thus she afterwards described her sensations to Sophie:—