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English signification of the word) ; in short, she is another Lady 

 Palmerston. She has been very handsome in her day, and even 

 no'w, at forty-six or forty-eight, is not bad-looking ; 'of a mid- 

 dling size, but rather en bon point than thin. She has a great 

 deal of vivacity, and writes incomparably well." 



The Count had left Paris on the loth of August, and 

 in the above letter, written on the 22d of January follow- 

 ing, he speaks of having received the ninety-second let- 

 ter from' the lady. Sarah gives as a proof that her father 

 was at this time in extreme, good-humor the fact that he 

 pays her a most flourishing compliment on her letter- 

 writing, the daughter "being then in the simple 

 wilds of America, instead of amid the brilliancy and 

 refinement of the Court of Munich." 



The Count soon after writes of the lady : cc She is 

 fond of travelling, and wishes to make the tour of Italy 

 with me. She appears to be most sincerely attached to 

 me, and I esteem and love her very much." 



The daughter adds: "The Elector, as if In true 

 parental kindness to the Count, from a motive of put- 

 ting him more in competition with the rich lady of 

 Paris, settles upon him at this time four thousand 

 florins a year, in addition to former appointments. The 

 Elector, formerly Duke of Deux Ponts, must have 

 been very good." 



On the yth of February, 1804,. the Count writes 

 again from Paris. He and Madame Lavoisier were then 

 making preparations for their marriage. She deposited 

 in his name one hundred and twenty thousand tores 

 in the five-per-cent French funds, which was to go to the 

 survivor of the three, herself, himself, or his daugh- 

 ter. An income of six thousand a year out of her own 

 property was secured to Madame Lavoisier. Her house 



