We shall be so happy, so delighted!" Mr.Scott allowed himself to be persuaded, and, at the beginning of January, 1880, Susie wrote the following letter to her friend, Katie Norton, who had lived in Paris for some years: "Victory! It is decided! Richard has consented.

I shall arrive in April, and become a Frenchwoman again.

You offered to undertake all the preparations for our settlement in Paris.

I am horribly presuming--I accept! When I arrive in Paris, I should like to be able to enjoy Paris, and not be obliged to lose my first month in running after upholsterers, coach-builders, horse-dealers.

I should like, on arriving at the railway station, to find awaiting me my carriage, my coachman, my horses.