I have had some leisure, and have used it to open on you a heart filled with admiration and gratitude towards you.

Yes, my adorable Sister, if Providence troubled itself about human affairs, you ought to be the happiest person in the Universe.

Your not being such, confirms me in the sentiments expressed at the end of my EPITRE.

In conclusion, believe that I adore you, and that I would give my life a thousand times to serve you.

These are the sentiments which will animate me to the last breath of my life; being, my beloved Sister, ever"-- Your--F.