My presence had the soothing effect Heliobas had assured me of, and in a very few days we started from Paris in company for England.

She, with her amiable and accomplished husband, went back to the States a few months since to claim an immense fortune, which they are now enjoying as most Americans enjoy wealth.

Amy has diamonds to her heart's content, and toilettes galore from Worth's; but she has no children, and from the tone of her letters to me, I fancy she would part with one at least of her valuable necklaces to have a small pair of chubby arms round her neck, and a soft little head nestling against her bosom.
Raffaello Cellini still lives and works; his paintings are among the marvels of modern Italy for their richness and warmth of colour--colour which, in spite of his envious detractors, is destined to last through ages.

He is not very rich, for he is one of those who give away their substance to the poor and the distressed; but where he is known he is universally beloved.

None of his pictures have yet been exhibited in England, and he is in no hurry to call upon the London critics for their judgment.