Volume 1, Letter 14
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17981798

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Author : Mary Wollstonecraft

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Saturday Morning.

The two or three letters, which I
have written to you lately, my love, will
serve as an answer to your explanatory
one. I cannot but respect your motives
and conduct. I always respected
them; and was only hurt, by what
seemed to me a want of confidence, and
consequently affection.—I thought also,
that if you were obliged to stay three
months at H—, I might as well have
been with you.—Well! well, what signifies
what I brooded over—Let us now
be friends!

I shall probably receive a letter from
you to-day, sealing my pardon—and I
will be careful not to torment you with
my querulous humors, at least, till I
see you again. Act as circumstances
direct, and I will not inquire when
they will permit you to return, convinced
that you will hasten to your
* * * *, when you have attained (or
lost sight of) the object of your journey.

What a picture have you sketched of
our fire-side! Yes, my love, my fancy
was instantly at work, and I found my
head on your shoulder, whilst my eyes
were fixed on the little creatures that
were clinging about your knees. I did
not absolutely determine that there
should be six—if you have not set your
heart on this round number.

I am going to dine with Mrs. ——.
I have not been to visit her since the
first day she came to Paris. I wish
indeed to be out in the air as much as
I can; for the exercise I have taken
these two or three days past, has been
of such service to me, that I hope
shortly to tell you, that I am quite well.
I have scarcely slept before last night,
and then not much.—The two Mrs.
———s have been very anxious and
tender.

Yours truly                

* * * *

I need not desire you to give the
colonel a good bottle of wine.


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     Volume 1, Letter 14 -- Publication : November 30, 1797

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