MYLTR

"My letter is private and confidential, and for that reason I send it to you by a man who shares my most intimate counsels.

"Farewell, monseigneur; should I not receive a reply in the space of fifteen days, I shall presume my letter will have miscarried.

I was seized by sudden illness while I was engaged over my letter; and from that time to this I have laid helpless in bed--very near, as they tell me, to death.

"I have waited a little, once more, trying to think, before I close my letter, what there may be still left to write.

With these modest hints I closed my letter; and thus for once, thanks to my Continental experience, I was able to instruct my lawyer!

I think I know you well enough, my child, to be sure that you will do this; and I need only add one word of caution, before I close my letter. Avoid all reference, not only to the Trial