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 CHAPTER IV.

LETTERS FROM MR. TREMAINE AND DORRIS ROMILLY.

, November, 1877.

Y DEAR JUDITH,—I am rather hurried this morning, as I wish this letter to go by to-day's steamer. Mrs. Tremaine tells me that you are twenty years old. I think that you ought not to remain longer at school. I have written Fräulein Lütke to that effect, and have arranged matters so that you will have no difficulty about leaving. You can come home to us with Mrs. Emmons, who will sail on the 8th of January; or I have a proposition to make which will perhaps be more welcome to you.

Your cousins, as you know, have gone to Russia to spend some months. They would be glad to have you with them. Dorris spoke to me about it before she left America, and I have no doubt Fräulein Lütke can find some one to accompany you from Vienna to St. Petersburg, should you decide to go. My advice to you is not to lose this opportunity of seeing Russian life. Your Cousin Alice married well. Count Piloff belongs to one of the best Russian families, and is in a position to introduce you into the court society. I should like you to become better acquainted with Dorris, as your