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30 remembrances. This evening I shall sup tête-à-tête in the Faubourgs. These are my carnivals. I have a mass said for you every day. This is no superstitious devotion. I have seen Adhemar but for a moment ; I am going to write to him and thank him for his bed, for which I am more obliged to him even than you are. If you would give me real pleasure, take care of your health, sleep in that little snug bed, eat broth, and exert that courage which I want. Continue to write to me. The friendships you left behind you here are all increased, and I should never have done with compliments If I were to tell you how much every one is concerned about your health.

LETTER II.

Wednesday, February 11, 1671. I have received but three of those delightful letters that so affect my heart. One is still on the road. If I were not so fond of them, and loth to lose any thing that you write me, I should not think I had lost much ; for nothing can be wished for beyond what I find in those I have already received. In the first place, they are well written, and are besides so tender, so natural, that it is impossible not to believe every thing