LETTER LXVI
September 25.
I have just finished a letter, to be given in charge to captain ———. In that I complained of your silence, and expressed my surprise that three mails should have arrived without bringing a line for me. Since I closed it, I hear of another, and still no letter.—I am labouring to write calmly—this silence is a refinement on cruelty. Had captain ——— remained a few days longer, I would have returned with him to England. What have I to do here? I have repeatedly written to you fully. Do you do the same—and quickly. Do not leave me in suspense. I have not deserved this of you. I cannot write, my mind is so distressed. Adieu!
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END VOL. III.
FOOTNOTES:
[4-A] The child is in a subsequent letter called the "barrier girl," probably from a supposition that she owed her existence to this interview.
editor.
[7-A] This and the thirteen following letters appear to have been written during a separation of several months; the date, Paris.
[27-A] Some further letters, written during the remainder of the week, in a similar strain to the preceding, appear to have been destroyed by the person to whom they were addressed.