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You see that he fancies himself--vanity of h there were no legal bonds Nevertheless, I have

not yet got beyond that external attraction which gives us strength to

put up with a good deal Yet Louis is lovable; his temper is

wonderfully even, and he performs, as a matter of course, acts on

which most men would plume themselves In short, if I do not love hiood to him

So here are my black hair and my black eyes--whose lashes act,

according to you, like Venetian blinds-- air, and n power! Ten years hence,

dear, why should we not both be laughing and gay in your Paris, whence

I shall carry you off now and again to my beautiful oasis in Provence?

Oh! Louise, don't spoil the splendid future which awaits us both!

Don't do the-hearted

graybeard in the Chamber of Peers? There lies your vocation