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send for the child to Milan, merely to plague you, if you 

 continue your correspondence. 



I have always understood, that when the child was to 

 be educated in a convent at Paris, you were to be satis- 

 fied ; and now you seem more distressed than ever. I am 

 sure, if you continue where you are, no constitution can 

 resist the agitation you must go through, and you will 

 certainly bring yourself to a situation of health not to be 

 retrieved. Everybody inquires when you are to return : 

 I wish I knew when that was to be. It is necessary in all 

 situations to determine something, and, I am sure, the 

 worst thing you can do is to remain where you are. 

 Farewell, my dear friend, — -Yours, etc., Q. 



APPENDIX L2. 



Piccadilly, June 15, 1779. 



Your letter, which I have just received, gives me the 

 greatest concern. I plainly see that, if you continue 

 where you are, your health will be irretrievably gone. 

 You certainly cannot remain long in the situation you are 

 in at present. You were well when you were here ; you 

 may be so again, if you would have resolution enough to 

 leave Paris. I wish I could say anything that would 

 make you take any care of yourself. You will ruin your 

 health, and then all happiness is gone ; and, besides, you 

 are more likely, by what you are doing, to have Mie-Mie 

 sent for back to Milan than by anything else you can do. 

 Everybody inquires after you and wants to know when 



