“To-morrow I expect to see Aline” [Mme. Filiettaz]; “during her absence the servants endeavoured to render the house—a most excellent one—comfortable to me, but as I wish to acquire the language as fast as I can, I was sorry to be obliged to remain so much alone. I apply so closely to the language, and labour so continually to understand what I hear that I never go to bed without a headache, and my spirits are fatigued with endeavouring to form a just opinion of public affairs. The day after to-morrow I expect to see the King at the bar, and the consequences that will follow I am almost afraid to anticipate.
“I have seen very little of Paris—the streets are so
dirty, and I wait till I can make myself understood before I call upon
Madame Laurent, &c. Miss Williams has behaved very civilly to me, and I shall visit
her frequently, because I rather like her, and I meet
French company at her house. Her manners are affected, yet the simple goodness
of her heart continually breaks through the
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