D.D. It has COME; I see no other course; consider it again; against yr. wishes I will not press it. Remember ever what I told you, that the relationship exists.
119.—Friday, December 10, 1847.
DEAR FITZY, yr. presence is REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY. Delay not a moment. The little birds, nutmegs, silver beaks, &c., greet you.—Mov.
120.—Thursday, December 30, 1847.
MASS.—How could I write, I have not heard since the 11th December. She has left, but will not go till after the 12th of January.—L. L. B.
121.—Saturday, March 4, 1848.
TO E****.—Your POETICAL EPISTLES of 1846, 1847, and that of the present year, have been safely RECEIVED. Their originality is greatly admired. The party to whom these letters are addressed adopts the medium of this journal to express his thanks to his fair but unknown correspondent for the interest she appears to take in him. E**** is entreated not to carry into effect the threat conveyed by the concluding lines of her last poem.—B. P. Feb. 15, 1848.
122.—Tuesday, March 21, 1848.
IHereby APOLOGIZE for having wounded the feelings of a parent, and beg to express my regret at what has occurred.—O. L.—Monday, March 20, 1848.