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MME DE L'ESTORADE TO MLLE DE CHAULIEU

December

All is over, my dear child, and it is Mme de l'Estorade rites to

you But between us there is no change; it is only a girl the less

Don't be troubled; I did not give ht My life is henceforth mapped out for me, and the freedom

from all uncertainty as to the road for reat moral power has stepped in, and once for all

se call chance out of my life We have the property to

develop, our home to beautify and adorn; for me there is also a

household to direct and sweeten and a husband to reconcile to life In

all probability I shall have a family to look after, children to

educate

What would you have? Everyday life cannot be cast in heroic ht, no roo after the infinite which expands the

on that

boundless sea our familiar craft? Nor must you suppose that the huive no scope for passion To

restore faith in happiness to an unfortunate, who has been the sport

of adverse circumstances, is a noble work, and one which alone may