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the fortnight he was in London, he was in inces- 

 sant motion; but his anxiety respecting public 

 events embittered all his enjoyment. An acci- 

 dental circumstance delayed one of Madame 

 Covier's daily epistles, and he scarcely rested 

 during these hours of expectation. One morn- 

 ing, however, he flew into the room where Ma- 

 demoiselle Duvaucel was with me, preparing to 

 go out, entered without the slightest ceremony, 

 embraced us both, and exclaimed, *' I have 

 heard from my wife ; " then, reading the letter, 

 he asked us if we were not as happy as himself; 

 and taking an affectionate leave, as if his heart 

 was quite full, he hastened to an appointment at 

 the British Museum. He made a great many 

 notes, and several drawings, while here, relative 

 to his Fossil Remains and Ichthyology, but con- 

 trived a few hours for visiting. The enlightened 

 and amiable Baron Seguier, the Consul-General 

 of France, was then living, and the little party 

 assembled several times at his house, where the 

 events then taking place in their own country 

 were constantly discussed, and where these able 

 men predicted much of that which has since 

 occurred. M. Cuvier went to Richmond also, 

 of which he had so frequently heard in terms of 

 praise : the day was rather stormy, but with iii-^ 



