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take up too much of your time, nor write too often, 

 although my heart will, I fear, oblige me to re- 

 commence ere long. What will you say, when I 

 tell you I am married ! — but it is to a person of the 

 best merit. She has so often heard me speak to 

 her of you, she has remarked the extreme pleasure 

 your letters give me, the readiness with which I sit 

 down to write to you rather than to any other per- 

 son, that she longs to see you as my best friend. 

 She desires her compliments, and invites you here 

 as cordially as myself. 



I wish to send you some few trifles. I wish to 

 offer you some Chamouny honey. Pray did you 

 receive the chamois horns ? I do not ask for 

 thanks, for I shall always be indebted to you. 



Believe me, with the most affectionate and grate- 

 ful remembrance, 



Your devoted Friend, 



E. Davall. 



From the same. 



My dear Friend, Orbe, Jan. 25—29, 1790. 



I hope you received the continuation of my letter 

 of the 27th of October, dated 24th of November. 

 On the 7th of December I had the happiness of 

 receiving your delightful letter of November 17 — 24. 

 It is quite impossible to express the effect of your 

 letters on me ; — yet there is a passage in your last 

 that thoroughly dejected me, where (as you well 

 might say) after expressing your friendship, and 

 thanking me for mine, you add " but how is it that 



