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the magnificent residences, and beautiful parks, and 
venerable Gothic temples of the past, with a brief stay 
in her manufacturing and commercial cities, to any 
other disposition of the time at our disposal. We 
found, in short, our companionship in England so 
agreeable, that we sought to continue it on our return 
to Paris by dining frequently together at the same 
restaurants, and table d’hotes, and passing our even- 
ings at the same theatres, especially the Theatre Fran- 
¢ais, which, in the winter of 1825 and ’26, still num- 
bered Talma and Mars among its attractions. But 
there was one place in Paris especially attractive to 
our partie carrée. This was the residence of Madame 
de L., who had been unfortunate in her marriage, but 
was blessed with a lovely and beautiful little daughter, 
at the time only five or six years old, who was the pet 
of all of us, The husband of her mother, though well 
connected, was extravagant and wasteful in his habits, 
and had expended not only his own fortune, but a 
large part of that of his wife, thus creating the neces- 
sity of her receiving table boarders, and occupants of 
rooms, in order to secure the accustomed comforts to 
herself and daughter. Mr. de L. was occasionally, but 
not often, one of her guests. 
Their daughter, who still retains a great deal of her 
own and her mother’s ‘grace and beauty, sent to my- 
self, as well as Mr. Seybert, two or three years ago, an 
admirably executed photograph of herself, with a re- 
quest, which I promptly complied with, that we would 
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