My next shall be of a more agreeable subject, and I have only to say,
I am,
Your most affectionate aunt,
C. Herschel.
FROM J. F. W. HERSCHEL TO MISS HERSCHEL.
Montpellier, Sept. 17, 1826.
Dear Aunt,—
You will think me a strange gad-about, but my last, if you have got it, will have prepared you to expect a letter from either the north or south of Europe from me, in short from any country except England. I was then not decided whether to go to Norway or the south of France, but here I am at last, and having a letter-writing day before me and yours of the 8th August in my portfolio, I cannot do better than to answer it.
With regard to the dispositions you mention in your letter, and respecting which you express a wish for my opinion, they are such as it is impossible to do otherwise than approve, and such as the good sense and kindness which marks everything you do has dictated.
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