But the sea and the change have brought me up again, as I hope they may yourself, and now I am looking forward to getting back to Italy for the winter, and perhaps to Rome.
Did you know Lady Elgin in Paris?
She has been hopelessly, in the opinion of her physicians, affected by paralysis, but is now better, her daughter writes to me.

A most remarkable person Lady Elgin is.

We left her sitting in her garden, not able to speak--to articulate one word--but with one of the most radiant happy faces I ever saw in man or woman.

I think I remember that you knew her.

Her salon was one of the most agreeable in Paris, and she herself, with her mixture of learning and simplicity, one of the most interesting persons in it....
Dearest Madame Braun, I won't think of the possibility even of your writing to me, so little do I expect to hear.