Before I went away, I ought to have remembered this, and to have told you that the manager of the autumn concerts at the opera-house is an old friend of mine.

He will be only too glad to place a box at your disposal, on any night when his programme attracts your notice; I have already made amends for my forgetfulness, by writing to him by this mail.

Miss Minerva will be your companion at the theatre.

If Mr.Le Frank (who is sure to be on the free list) pays you a visit in your box, tell him from me to put a wig on his bald head, and to try if _that_ will make him look like an honest man! "Did I forget anything else before my departure?
Did I tell you how precious you are to me?
how beautiful you are to me?
how entirely worthless my life is without you?
I dare say I did; but I tell it all over again--and, when you are tired of the repetition, you have only to let me know.
"In the meanwhile, have I nothing else to say?
have I no travelling adventures to relate?
You insist on hearing of everything that happens to me; and you are to have your own way before we are married, as well as after.

My sweet Carmina, your willing slave has something more serious than common travelling adventures to relate--he has a confession to make.