My inference to her shall be, that since a happy reconciliation will take place, 'grief' will be banished; 'sorrow' dismissed; and only sweet 'melancholy' remain to 'sooth' and 'indulge' her contrite 'heart,' and show to all the world the penitent sense she hath of her great error.
THIRDLY, That her 'joys,'* when restored to health and favour, will be the greater, the deeper her griefs were.
* 'Joy,' let me here observe, my dear Sir, by way of note, is not absolutely inconsistent with 'melancholy'; a 'soft gentle joy,' not a 'rapid,' not a 'rampant joy,' however; but such a 'joy,' as shall lift her 'temporarily' out of her 'soothing melancholy,' and then 'let her down gently' into it again; for 'melancholy,' to be sure, her 'reflection' will generally make to be her state.
'Gaudia, quæ multo parta labore, placent.'
FOURTHLY, That having 'really' been guilty of a 'great error,' she should not take 'impatiently' the 'correction' and 'anger' with which she hath been treated.
'Leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare ferundum est.'
FIFTHLY, That 'virtue' must be established by 'patience'; as saith Prudentius:
'Hæc virtus vidua est, quam non patientia firmat.'
SIXTHLY, That in the words of Horace, she may 'expect better times,' than (of late) she had 'reason' to look for.
'Grata superveniet, quæ non sperabitur, hora.'