570 Life of Count Rumford. 



Madame de Miltez, has been very sick, indeed is still. Theresa 

 Nogarola, now Countess d'Apponi, will follow her husband, I 

 think, in the end, to Paris, who has expectations of going there 

 as Minister. 



" My reception here has been most kind and flattering. The 

 whole town is in expectation of seeing me again fixed here and 

 employed in the public affairs of the country. But I know 

 positively, and it is my greatest consolation, that I shall be per- 

 mitted to return quietly to my retreat at Auteuil. 



" Adieu, my dear Sally. I shall write to you again, I think, 

 before leaving Munich, but you had better not write me, lest 

 I should be already set out on my return. You must tell 

 the coachman to take you about, and go and call on your 

 countryman, Mr. Parker, and Madame Preble. If you want 

 money, apply to Messrs. Delesserts ; and let the Baron know 

 of your arrival at Auteuil, as likewise the Marquis of Chan- 

 sener, they are both particular friends of mine. Give no 

 intelligence of your arrival to a certain person. I do not 

 wish it. 



" Farewell, my dear child, &c., &c." 



"MUNICH, a5* h Sept., 1810 



" MY DEAR SALLY, I am still detained, and fear I shall 

 be for a month to come, for the King has an Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences forming, and wishes my assistance, and he 

 has ever been so kind to me in promoting my happiness and 

 prosperity I cannot do too much to serve him, if enough. 



" I had one of the King of Bavaria's letters before leaving 

 Paris, and another from the Prince Royal of Bavaria, who is 

 just married to a Princess of Sax-Hilsburghausen, and who will 

 keep his Court at Saltzbourg, where I intend to pay him a visit, 

 and where I am sure of finding a kind reception. His Royal 

 Highness wrote me a most gracious letter of four pages, which 

 he finished by subscribing himself c Votre devoue Louis, Prince 

 Roya/e.' The subject and every expression of his letter mani- 

 fested his esteem and regard for me. He is a very promising 

 Prince, and will, I am persuaded, be a good King. All his 



