ROGER DE MONBERT.
III.
EDGAR DE MEILHAN
to the
PRINCE DE MONBERT,
St. Dominique Street, Paris.
RICHEPORT, 20th May, 18—
No, no, I cannot console you in Paris. I will escort your grief to Smyrna, Grand Cairo, Chandernagore, New Holland, if you wish, but I would rather be scalped alive than turn my steps towards that fascinating city surrounded by fortifications.