CHAPTER V.
1836 _The King of the Belgians to the Princess Victoria._ _4th March 1836._ MY DEARLY BELOVED CHILD,--You wrote me again a long, _dear_, _good_ letter, like all those which I received from your kind hands.

Time approaches now for the arrival of the cousins, and most probably of your Uncle Ferdinand also.

He has informed me of his arrival for the 7th or 8th; notwithstanding this, I mean to leave everything settled as it has been arranged.

They will set off on the 7th, arrive at Paris on the 8th, and leave it again on the 12th....

Fernando[1] has still a very bad cold; change of air is likely to cure that.