6/14 The morning breeze caught their fragrance and bore it up to heaven. I began sportively, but when I saw you getting excited and angry, I became angry and excited too. My temper, which is by no means gentle, had been previously much chafed, and, as is too often the case, the irritation, caused by the offences of many, burst forth on one, perhaps the most innocent of all. Little girl, you have been studying the history of France; do you remember its Louises ?--Louis the Fourteenth was a profligate, unprincipled, selfish king. |