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LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN

FROM 1671 TO 1690.

LETTER I. Monday, February 9, 1671. I receive your letters in the same way in which you received my ring. I am in tears while I read them. My heart seems ready to burst. Bystanders would think that you had treated me ill in your letters, or were sick, or that some accident had happened to you ; whereas every thing is the reverse. You love me, my dear child ; you love me, and you tell me so in a manner that makes my tears flow in torrents. You continue your journey without any disagreeable accident.