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give me great pleasure to learn that you are settled to your 

 satisfaction. 



" In my last letter I hinted to you that I thought your father 

 had not acted toward me in Paris exactly as a friend ought to 

 have done. He assures me that I am mistaken ; but several 

 circumstances, and particularly his withholding from me infor- 

 mation of great consequence to me, and which he had the best 

 opportunity of sending, have raised in my mind such a distrust 

 of his friendship that we can never be on the same terms of 

 confidence as before. He is now at Munich, but still profess- 

 ing that he expects an union with the lady whom he has so long 

 attended. You know that I have always doubted of his success 

 in this point, and my doubts are not lessened. Our good friend 

 Lady Palmerston died last January. To the last she retained 

 her affectionate character, and more than once she inquired for 

 you. 



" If you see Mr. and Mrs. Gore, remember me kindly to 

 them. I hear that they are building a fine house ten or twelve 

 miles from Boston. 



" On whatever terms I may be with your father, depend upon 

 the sincerity of my friendship for you, and my fervent wishes 

 for your happiness. 



" I remain, my dear Countess, your faithful servant, 



"C. BLAGDEN." 



Dating from the " Royal Society, Somerset Place, 

 London, October 25, 1805, Sir Charles writes :- 



" MY DEAR COUNTESS, I send you this short letter to 

 fulfil a promise I formerly made you, namely, that whenever I 

 should learn anything decisive on the subject of your father's 

 expected marriage, I would immediately let you know it. A 

 letter is just come to my hands from a well-informed person, 

 which contains the following passage : 



ut Je puis vous annoncer actuellement d'une maniere positive, 

 que le manage entre M. de Rumford et Madame Lavoisier est 

 definitivement arreteV 



