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_* ' AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FJSTTJLAS , & c . _.. J _" _^
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_- ¦ ' "' . ABllB _^ _B'SHyS PILE _OINTSBEENay _| ; # _g _ghit a painful and noxious _^ disease is tie Piles ! and comparatively how few _eftte _^ _afficted _^^^ _havebeen ; perma _^ ly cur _^ by ordinaryappeals tomedicalskill ! This , no doubt , arises from Ithe _useofpowerfulapenentatoo tr _^ _entiyadminiaterad _bytoprofession- _. indeed , strong internal medfcme should always be avoided in _aUcaees rfttiis complaint . _Ttenronrietoroftiie _^ ve _VmtmentT after y ears of acute siiffenng , placed himself under the _^ W toW _einiS _^* ' _™* _^ _**» e njoyed it ever t & _ce without _tbesughtotretura of _IheTrBsbrda over a , period of fifteen years , dunng which time the same Aber-« _thianpfecr _^ fi « _basbeeSmea _^ s _S vast number of desperate cases , both In and out ofthe pro , ; wrietor _- _sWes _^ _otMends mwrt _^ ofwbich _^ _SeTSadbeen under medical care , aad some of them fora verycoaecaylealed by its application , _andsinbeits _introdoction the fame of tins omtment has spread far and wide ; even t & _MeScal p / ofMsion alivavs slow ani _t _ _mrWmz to acknowledge the virtues af any mediciie not prepared by _them-^ _rdo _nowfredy _^ _d _ffl pintmeat . is not »_ Hy a valuable preparation , _buta _aeverfaiungrcmedymer ' etystagaaudverietyofthatapr _^ mg ma _^ 1 fIf „ . „ fnaoM nF . it « : _efficacv _mleht _SuifwerstWrn the piles will not repent giving the ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases _^ iJ _^ _PJX 6 e produced if the nature of the complaint " did not render those whe have been cured , unwilling to puousa _^ _mmi _»^ eis _^ % m _^^^ rS _^ _0 _;^ s jsii _et _^ led to _seU UaVotriBg to thegreatexpenseoftbeingredients . _' _" - ¦
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CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAULS _BVEEY _^ ANS _FSIEND _, P _< UrmisedbyaeBoyalFatiul 9 , NMity , Clergy , ie . ' '"' . '' -Ira suk and speedy Care for those severs aanoyances , without causing the least ' pain , or _iuconvflnience . Unlike all other remedies for Coma , its operation is snch as to render the cutting of Corns altogther » nn « : ess i _^ L in _^ J * may say . tha practice of cutting Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently «« ndM Willi ; lamentable consequences , besides its _UabUitt te increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , prodaces an instant and delightful relief from torture , and , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the most inveterate Corns a _» a Bunions . . , ; ¦' . . . Testimonials bave been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians aad Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as-well as from many Offlcers of bath Amy aaa Navy , aad nearly one thousand p rivate letters fromthe gentryin wwn and country , speaking ia high terms of thisvafaable remedy . ... ' . . < . _>«»' Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at Is . IH ., or three smaU boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., and to be had , with full direc tfe » s for use , _« f C . Kino _. Su . ai , Hapier _^ _treet , Hoxton New Town , London , and all wholesale , and retail medicine _tatadors in town and country . The genuine has the name of John Pox on tbe stamp . 2 s . 9 d . Box cures the most _oJuurate Corns . Ask fer "Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . " .... 4 berncthy ' _a Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Pe wders are sold by the following respectable © fanists and Dealers in Patent Medicine : — Barclay and Sons , Farringdon street ; Edwards , 67 , St . Paul's _Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; Hewbery , St . _Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnson , 68 , _Cornlull ; Sanger , 150 , Oxfardstreet ; Willoughby andCo ., 61 , _Biabonssate-street _Without ; Owea , ' , _Marenmonditrcet , Burton-crescent ; Bade , 39 , _Goswell-street ; Preut , , 229 , Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oxford-street ; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in London . _Coextst _Aesirrs . _—BsinsaadNewsome : Ur Bucktoo , Times Office ; Heaton Smeeton , Allen , ; _Hall , Reinhardt ten Soas . 3 . C . Browae , 48 , Briggate , Thornton . 33 , Boat -lane , Denton , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey Haigh , late TarbottomBollaad and Kemplay , land Moxon , C Hay , 106 , _Briggatej Rhodes , Bell and Brooke lord , a : C . Hay , ile 5 ical Hall , Leeds ; Pratt , Blackburn , _Kewby , Kimmington , Maud and Wilson , Bogersbn , Stanfleld , Bradtbrd ; Hartley _. _Dsnton _. Waterhouse _. _Jepson , Wood , Dyer , Parker , Jennings , _andLejlaud , Halifax ; Smith , Elland Harst , _Csrdwell , _Gell . and Smith , Wakefield ; Harrisen , Barnsley " ; , Koowels , _Thorne ; Brook , and Spivey , Had * 3 vsfie ! d ; Hudson , Keighley ; Loftbouse . Bernhardt , Kirten , Alcoekj _" Baine » , Burrell , BelJ , Barton , Healey , Meltan , Freeman . Pickering . Garton , Williamson , _Chapman , Hammond , Wallis , Walker , Broomhead , HoWe , Poster , Hardman . Stephenson , Weir , Byder and Barker , Hull ; Pipes . Keniugham , Johnson , Barle , Cornwall , _BoblnBon-Brigham , Beverlev ; Brooks , Doncaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield ; Cass , Coole _^ MUlner _^ Pickering ; Steven-• on , Whitby ; Bolwn _, _Barnthard and Co ., Hargrove , Fisher , Otloy , Linney , York ; Marston _. Brigg , Hurst ; Robson , _irmitase , Ingoldby . _Longbottom . Louth ; Wainwrigh _^ Howden ; Bayner , Smith , Burlington ; Horsby , Wrangham , _Jeffecds , Molton ; Bhodea , Snaith ; _Cbamplty , Broomhead , Ireland , Bnckall , Scarborough ; Smith , _Furby , Bridling , ton- A _= t » ms , CoIton , PaUen , Selbyj Ombller , Market Welghton ; FUck Marsh , Kotherham ; Hattersley , Ball , Officer 3 arton ; Broirn , Gainsborough ; GledhiU , OldDelph ; Priestmay , Pox , Pontefract ; Dalby ; Wetherby ; _Sla _& r _. _' _jtsdale ; Dixon , KorthaUerton ; Ward , Kichmond ; Ward , _Stokesley ; Feggitt and ; Thompson , _Thlfsk ; _Konkhouse _, Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; Jennett , Stockton . And by ell respectable Chemists and Mediciae _Tenders in every Market Tows in England . Whelesale Agents : —Messrs Bolton , Blanshard and Co ., Druggists , Mecklegate , York .
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TEE GREATEST SALE OF ASY MEDICINES IK THE GLOBE .
Blair's Gout Afd Bhedmatic Pills. Copy O...
BLAIR'S GOUT AfD _BHEDMATIC PILLS . Copy of a letter from Mr Slake , Kingseliffe , _Sorfhamptonsilre . « _ew _^ . _Mjgsdifie , January 21 , 1817 . . Ste , —Tweire years agw f became afflicted with Rheumatic Goat . I procured the best adrice possible , but without deriKnj ; any benefit ; and the doctors recommended me to go to the Stamford Infirmary , where 1 coatinued twelve weeks , end left it without having obtained an ? I _jn efit , and _aUhape of relief had vunisbed . * _'Tffls hopeless state of things continued unta a friend ad _vlasl mfe _toiry Blair ' s Kite . Ithen lost no time in
_sending to Mr SlorHock , of Stamford , for a box , and fey the \ toe I had taken that quantity I got rid of one cratch . J . then sent for another box , which enabled me to throw away tha other , and thank Qed I have never since had suep . an attack . " I am _muchexpose-i to cold ; but _wftenever I feel symptoms of attack , I have recourse to the pills witli universal success . "iTeaomroeodedthe pills to a gentleman who resides in this neishbonrhoed , and he _hts derived the most _essential _relii-f therefrom , nnd _isnorrnererwitnontthem . "You may publish this for tte benefit of thosesimilarly afflicted . J
" I am , sir , your obedient , humble servant , "SAUVLt BlAKE , " Smith andFarrier . " , The _never-faihng effects of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic pais in caring every description of Gout and Rheumatism , have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times . They not only give relief in a . few hours , hut restore to perfect health in an incon . _-eeivably short space of time . They are equally speedy and certain in Imnbago , sciatica , pahis in the head or face , and indeed of every rheumatic or gouty affection ; ia fict , such has been the rapidity , p ° rfectease , and complete safety of this medicine , that it hat astonished all who have taken it . aad there is scarcely a city , towu _, _« r village in the kingdom , bat contains many grateful _evidences of its benign influence . Heaton , flay , Lard . Haigh , Baines and Newaome , Smeeton , _Retohardt . Horner . Bushworth , Stavelly , aud
Brown , Leeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Bolton and Co ., _SHackleton , _Bordekla , _Butterfield , Clark , Fall , and Bargrove } York ; Brooke and Co ., Walker and Co ., Hartley , aad DunbilL Doncaster ; _Jadson , Ripon ; Foggitt , Ceates , _Ttromnsoa . _? lHr £ k ; Wiley . J " asin * gwoId ; Spivey , _Haddersfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Sweeting , _Snaresborough ; Bar . son , and _Wllsao , Darlington ; Dixon , Metcalfe , Langdale , Northalkrtoa ; _Rkedes , Snaith ; Spinks and Pannett , Tadcaster ; _Utgersats , Hick , Sharp , aud Stick , Bradford ; _ArnallandC * ., _Waiawrjght , Briee , and Priestley , Pontefr act ; _CerdweU ami Smith , Wakefield ; Sutter , Leytod , Hartley , n eatoo . Dyer , aud Loftbouse , Halifax ; Booth , _Boch' j _l-i Lambert , Boroaghbridge ; Dalby aad « walea , w < itfcertyj Waite , ftanwgate : Wall , _Baraslay ; Atkinson , _Brighouse . Ask fcr BLAIR'S GOO ? ASD RHEUMATIC PIUS _aadobserre _theuame and address af "Thomas Prout , x 39 . strand , London , _» I mpressed upon the Governmeat Stamp affixed te each bos of the Genuine Medicine .
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_TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION . Illustrated by Twenty-six Anatomical EngravinM on Steel . On , Physical DUaualifications . Generative Incapacity , and Impediments to Marriage . Anew and improved edition , enlarged to 19 C pages , price 2 s . 6 d . ; by post , direct from the Establishment 8 s . ed . in postage stamps , THE SILENT FRIEND ; A medical work 6 s tbe exhaustion and physical decay of the system , produced by excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse of mercury , With observations on the married state , and the disqualifications which prevent it ; illustrated b y . 2 Q _ctfinred engravings , and by the detail of cases . Ty R . and Li PERRY and Co , 18 , Berners _^ treet , _Oxfora-street , London . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Paternoster row ; Hannay , 63 , and Sanger , 150 . Oxfordstreet ; Starie , 23 , Tichborae-street , Uaymarkct ; and Gordon , 116 , Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and R . Raines , and Co ., Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . Kenton , _Chureh-street , Liverpool ; R . BJ . Ingham , Market-place , Manchester .
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barrenness , ana debilities arising frem venereal excesses , has- been demons trated by its _unvaryingsuecess _ia _. _rhousands cf cases . To those persons whe are prevented _enterioKitke married stateyby the _consequences' _^ of * . ' early * ' errors , ' it is invaluable . yPrice ns . per . bottle , or four : " Quantities in © ne for S 8 s . t * _?* _;* : _.,, _*& _tfHE OO SCESTBATED DBTER 31 YB ESSENCE Ah anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying tbe system from tenereal contamination , and is recommended for any of tke varied forms af secondary symptoms , _suchaseruptions en the skin , _blotches on tho head and _^ face ,: enlargement of tbelthroatj tonsUs _. anduvula ; threatened destruction of the hose , palate / oYc . - Ita action is purely-detersive , and _its'benefloial influence oa the system is undeniable . Price lis . and 88 e . per bottle ; - " - '¦ -- . - ' - " ¦ ¦ ¦• _•<— - ¦ - •¦• Tbe S _* . eases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Essenoe can only be had -at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford _, street , London ; whereby there is a saving of il . 12 s " , and the patient is entitled to _receiread » ice :, withoutafee , wMcn advantage is applicable only to those who remits * _, forapack-t . ¦ _" ¦ ''• ¦ ' ' ¦¦ _••' - •' ¦ ' ' - " -- "'
Murder Of The Duchess De Praslin;
MURDER OF THE DUCHESS DE PRASLIN ;
The Fexcitement Caused By This, Shocking...
The fexcitement caused by this , shocking tragedy , has b « n much increased by the publication of the Duchess ' s letters to her . _huabaad ,. which : iweal . the terms on " _-. . which they lived ' together . ; Together the affair constitutes one of the . most profoundly . _intereitiog tragedha of real life of which it is : possible to form any conception . Our limited ' space '' will only permit a few selections from a correspondence which . has occupied a large space in the daily , journals for several successive'days .. On Monday , 81 st ult ., - the Chancellor made a report to the Chamber of Peers , in , which he , ' recapitulated _, the leadiujj eve ' _nts of ' _, the horrible affair , _aadthus ' alluded to the collection of letUrg written by
tbeDuehesi . 'I have thought it necessary to have printed and distributed tothe Peers a collection of all tbe proceedings on the examination , from the moment it was commenced till that of the death of the Duke de Praslin , followed by the proo ' _s of his death , and , as regularly as it could'be . acquired ,, the cause , of that death _. Among all the numerous _nnrnwrbau * and the nume . roup Interrogatories of which this collection _isoompesed , there is not one document that does not , come ; to t ! _te same point—that does not with great er or less evidence prove to a demonstration the real author of _^ one of tbe meat horrible acts to ; be found in the _anaals of crime ; The Duchess de Praslin was murdered by her husband , to whom she had given . ' ten children , of whom nine are still living—to whom she had brought , with all the gifts
of nature , those . of the most cultivated mind , elevated soul , and affectionate heart . Her illustrious origin was equal to that of . her husband . ' , I do not _, speak of tbe magnificent fortune which she bad added . to his , and pt which she was worthy in " every , way by the osethatsbe knew bow to make useof it when she . had the means , and by the acU of charity Inspired by the principles of the holy religion with which . she was penetrated . ; -. This angel of goodness has fallen . Words ; would be wanting if I were to attempt to d « scrlhe . to the court the feelings inspired by the discoveries which I . made during the afflicting researches which it had ordered me to make . It appeared te me , and my colleagues shared my opinloB , that tne best mode of conveying to yoa the ideas which I
have been able only very feebly to express in this short statement , would be to place under your eyes at least a portion ofthe letters Written by lfme . de Praslin to the very person who was so unworthy to receive them , and some of the reflections and meditations , the expression of which is contained ia a small , number of writings , the precious remains of the emanations of one of the purest minds ever created hy God for the honour of all times and all ages . These documents form part of the _collection of which I have just spoken , and which ¦ has . been distributed to you . If tbe Duke had not been his own judge , this collection , would give to those who should
take the pains to ' read it . the means and . the right of fudging in their own coniciences with , the equitable _UveYity from which _iac r ?» . _2-brK . _^ z [ _ii- _^ a trot escape ; and if this collection is . to remain as an ettrnal monument of the perversity of one of the greatest _criminals that ever lived , there will arise from it , nt the same time , the consolatory , refection , tbat by the side of the most furious _passiens of the most perverse men'Prori . deuce has frequently placed in all ranks and all classes tbe most angelic virtues , wishing thus to grant to humanity a sort of right sometimes to turn away the eye irom the perversities which afflict it , aud perhaps also to solicit for them a little mercy . '
_IETTEBS FfloM rHE DUCHESS 20 BEB HSS 8 AND { _WSlTTEK IN JDHB , 1841 ' .. . . . . . * Wherefore , my beloved , do you refuse to let rae share your afflictions 1 Yon deprive our life of all the charms of affection ! Do you then believe , or rather do you wish to persuade yourself , tbat independence consists in solitude ? . Yoa say that I am etcigeante , because I desire to share your sorrows . -Yoa do not like me to remark that you have any . Do you then wish to become quite a stranger to me , and for tbat , would it not be requisite for me to become entirely indifferent to you ? And how could I become indifferent to the person I love boat on earth J Do you think it possible?—woatd not my heart break long before J Yoa yourself are sorrowful to see me sad , and you know the reason , of my sadness ; you
know bow it is in your power to console me , and yet you withhold those consolations , I , on the contrary , seo that you are sad ; I feel within my heart a source of the deepest lore , 8 U * _flci # at to calm and soothe all your sor . rows , _an-1 you discard me ! Am I not yeur wife , the partner ofyoarlife , she whose duty it is to share equally your pleasures aud your sorrows J If you were ill , is it not my hand that should smooths thy pillow r And are not sorrows diseases of the mind—of the spirit 1 Wherefore , then , reject ma ? ... You have a heart to appreciate the joys , the wants of a loving heart , iu which to place full confidence and find relief for your sorrows _. It is the violence of my manners that prevents you from placing tbe confidence in me . _Beliera me , Theobald , four months of sorrow and repentance have chastened
me ; it is to love aad console jou , and not to torment you , that I seek your confidence . I give you my word never _agein to try to gain aa ascendancy over you ; I am fully aware of your superior character and mind ; I only wish to share your life , to embellish it , and pour balm upon your wounds . Yoa left my room because you thought that I _wishedJo gain an ascendancy over joa . Mj friend , I swear unto you , In tub have . . * of my lore , and in th * name of jours , by all tbat I hold most sacred and most dear , I only seek your lore and your confidence as yoa havo mlae . I will blindly obby ybu , I will no lohger torment yoa by jealousy , I shall neror give you a word of reproach or of _couisel . My repent _, anoo is too sincere , I havo suffered too much to return to _aiy past faults ; We are both very young , Theobald ,
Do not condemn us both to solitude . How ! We love each other , we are both of us pure , and shall wsi lire apart from each other both in body and in mind i Do not let your hea * t ba a sufferer from a little feeling o 5 amour propre ; I arrear unto you that I only seek your affection and your confidence ; I shall be the laving and obedient partner of year life . 3 fy friend , confidence is the marriage * f seals—their mutual confessions are their caresses , aad union , happiness and virtue are tfcek _fraits . Believe me , I shall sever abuse your confidcace , year _cearesstoas wilt to received in my bosom with the same mystery and affectlou as thy caresses . Take again your _owaFaaay . Try her but for " a short time with lovo aad affection and you will find that you will be much happier than living in solitude . Yoa seek a
change , but are you _reslly happy ! Oh ! do , you are nos , with a heart like yours , and the life wo are' leading . Thi only happiness of your wife consists in your love and su _» port . ' _Tarnnot a deaf ear uato her entreaties '; unto her rows—to her repentance , for she loves yoa , » nd ber whole life will be passed in love and _gratitude lowardfl ' you . You hare driven her from yeur bed and from your hoart ; could yoii do more if she was false f'She _speoda her days and nights in tears ; she waits outside your door , but dares not enter , for fear you should _reproach her fer it on the morrow . Mon ami , in the same ofthe many dear remembrances which yoabidmeiHVoke , 8 _« _ouldI ever have offended yon , hearken to me ; give me ' again _youe confidence and your love , and open your heart to the woman whose .. Ufa , is
devoted to you . Oh , I will never abuse it . Oh , how have I offended you , my beloved , unless by my _suspicions and my temper , and _gwhea did a kind word fail to soothe met Give not veat to your anger—be not inexorable . My heart is breaking . ! Theobald , ' pity ! pity on her who lores yoa } Trust your happiness to my keeping , at I trust mine to yours . ; * * Donotbreak the heart that is beating only for you . You , who once loved me so much , forgive me . When you confess torae your _sorrtws—your head upon my breast , your hands in mine , my Up upon your forehead—do you think that tbey will not beless than If pent up in your own breast Do aot sacrifice our mutual happiness to an empty fear that I will abuse your goodness ; ao , no , I will only share and console you ia all your sorrows . But will you be the less a man ta bave a loving woman to share your and
pleasnres your sorrows t let this union ef our hear t * be a sweet mystery of lore between us . Oh I we conld be so happy if _you _woald but try it . Yob would always be met with a happy aad smiling countenance , ready to follow you wherever you liked . Perhaps , after all , yoa are the more _jeatoua of the two . God knows _whatsusplclon you may nourish in your breast , for I am at a less new to interpret your secret sorrows . If ybu knew what I suffer , my beloved ! It is still in your power to be so happy . I cannot think that ybu wish to abandon me thus for ever , to deprin , us of mutual hap . p . _Hess-lifelsrtshort _. n . y beloved , and we have been separated alread y solongl Soon I shall not dare to make proposals , always refused , like my caresses . It is not in your _character to make tbe Brst advances , and Lorn _cuktwt jour Ufa BiU _j J 0 ( J _M mwtii l () _Mllk-
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_furiirattel _^ ts _. _aadlHte wlll _^ en _|& _^ *§ j _™ Sle tmhI P pyaad _| your w _^ Ul dU | of _grief _^ Oh _, _iSS the oha « _berjof ; 'ttie Duehess at tbe . Cba . _i _& _Srm . OaVbeflr _^ leaf the _followlag word . ' _^ f _. _nTtoband . theDuke de Praslin ( _forh « m _« , « Jan . 18 , 1842 _^ Twioe _hare _^ _e pages . of , this book teen covered with tbe outpourings ofa broken _splrl _? . __ I buru ed _^ them in a moment of despair ? to ' efface all _morks of m sufferings , and only show youjny happy , thoughts at your return . Two years have passed , and my hopes are destroyed for ever-but I feel the want of . expressing to all the _tendernessand love I have feltforyou . _^ _" _^ _gg _^^ . - ... " _-y . A ¥ - - ¦ - _:-. _&&* _*•
you 'Y ou have taken my children from me .. My _ehlldren I Do you think me capable of corrupting tbem ? I loved you toe wellWt to lovemy ; children , and you have now taken _' them _Iromme , to place them under the care , of . a giddy young person , without any religion , and whom you only know frem an eight months ' _Mquaintance . _Theo- _' bsldl Theobald I was it not _sufflcfeut to abandon rae ; without _dejrlviuR me ofthe affeotloaand the esteem of my children f For Uve years , nearly , my pillow has been wet with my tears , and my health has suffered from it , ' ' ' - ' _M ! : "' ' * Jan . 24 , 1812 . —The duchess again complains bitterly of bei ng deprived of ber ohildren .
' « E * cb day , 'she adds , ' adds additional _sorrow . to my existence . Ihave been calamniated , and perhaps yon think me _gailtj , _othorwise you would , never bave : deprlved me o my ohildren , to place them under the care of a stranger who bas usurped ray place inyour house , and yet , before God , I swear I never loved any one but you . Ob , If I was not certain that your heart Is for ever closed to me ,. I would make a last , attempt . I would throw myself _atyour feet , and entreat yoa _,-i »;* he name of your father , of your old days , of our . ohildren , of our first love / to have pity on'her who has never _eeasedtb love you . _What an existence ! Whatafuturel With a husband and . chUdren , to _^ be condemned to liv e and die alone l _' , . < ' :.. ' - _.-. '
_;• _; April 28 . —It is now some time since I have written , and my position Is now far worse than it was . Made . moiielloD- —is mistress of the house . Whatv an ex . ample to ! the children I A young woman of 26 to be allowed to _enteKat all hours the room " of ' a man ; of 37 , and to , receive him at all hoars in her own apartment ! Had she 1 not , the impertinence . to tell me _that'Ishe coiild not interfere between me and M . de Praslin , as she thought he must have sufficient reasons to withdraw my qhildrenfromioperintendencet . ,, . ' ., .. ' v _^ Those reflections which' I wrote down yesterday upon a stray sheet are now singular to copy , and prove tho extent of my _unskilfulncss . ' The best weapon , If I take it id ' my hand , turns and wounds | myself . To-day , perceiving myself angry at seeing ybu come out from a tetea-tete with Mademoiselle D ., I thought
_toactrmostjudtciously in flying without saying _aword , Believing that I should thus avoid any scene of recrimination , and testify my _dlsapprebation gently , without risking anything _. Goon Goal Howfar wast from anticipating , the fright : ful rage in which my uulucky gentleness put _youl _Cei-i tainlyi no ! violtnce could have urged jou further than " to follow the ou _theatalrcflse with loud insults andmenai clng gestures , and _aftervjatd * to come to my room and break my vases , and take from me two _presests which I valued so much ; and' which you gave me when I believed you loved ' mo so" mucb . Perhaps you have given them to another . You have made me burn'thb letters—ptoofa , and only relics of that love .. _-tYou'h ' ave torn-from me my . children ; you have condemned me to grief for my present life , without leaving me a better hope for the future _^ and now you deprive me ef the past , * ,. « ,
' _< _-.. . ? AU , isjfinhhed ! We have _quWelled beyond recal . Ob , he is more than harsh ] he is cruel towards n > e > How could he acquire this excess of aversion for me , wbose love he .. knows to be so -pure , so - tender , so devoted ! What Infamous influences have been at work upon ? hls heart , once so good , so affectionate , so just f He excuses himself , doubtless , by telling himself that my character has become hateful arid intractable _^ But whose is . this fault I Has he uotdUorde ' red airmy ' _sentlmeDts , all my principles—does he not seize every occasion' to hurt arid woundme ? ., . * ; * ; Thechamber I > live : in ' kills me with its bitter recollections . The eight of . the stair _, case which I mounted en the day of marriage , so full of joyi of leve , of hopes , so trusting , —all this part of the chateau , which I- inhabited when you loved me , when
you never left me , all this makes' me' mad . I know hot what I door say , so ill have you ; _treated me since ybu have come into possession of your magnificent chateau . Your first word was to tell me that I was not ; to _, thlnk myself at home . It is true yoataade ; me fine promises for the future , but how have yoa kept them ? . It seems that since you have been Duke de praslin , and possessor of the chateau , I . am no longer worthy of being your wife Since you have , wished for no more children ybu _havebslleved yourself freed from all sentiments of affeetion , froth , all _coa » id % Tattoa , from all regard . Was I then Only a _macmne tout i—i UBu _!< , _»« , « -.. _„ J _2-2 Ir _; all my hope , all my happiness on our union . It was tha history of my life , Por from dreading age , like so many women , I rejoiced In the antioipation of the _happlaesg we should hare together , as having loved one another so long—in _^ talking over our old recollection * -. in living
again in our children—in quitting together ' this world for a better . Alas ! why are you no longer religious ? My _ims would not have arisen if _yeu had net excited tbem . ' ¦ I no longer see yoa amenable to any restraint of religion . Por a long time you have adopted the appear _, ance ofthe most disordered life ; y » u affect the greatest levity of manner , the greatest contempt for the _bienseanees , I have seen you depart from the truth so far as to say that you have done oho thing wh « n you have done another . Alas ! what oan I judge , except appearances , tinea you will not let me know the reality % Oh , I am moro unfortunate than _blu meable , If you do not wish to live eh abandoned life , as so mauy others , why do everything to make me believe so ? You knew that I was of a jealous ternperament ; if you loved me , if you loved peace aad union , why do all that would havo been required to excite jealousy in one the least susceptible tf it !
DM 1 IIB IBTTBB FOUND Iff _jh * DFKB 8 _DUBEAtr . 'You will not be surprised , Bir , that after such an insult lean never consent that the person to whose ill conduct I owe it should remain under the same roof with me . You are completely blinded towards me and towards yourself . ' You are doubtless free to do what suits you ; but yoa are not free ta have my , daughters brought up by a person whom I despise as her shameful conduct deserves . For a long time I bave sought an explanation with you ; I hare done what I coutd to obtain it , but you refuse it , I demand , then , that yeu authorise me to travel , to _aveid greater scandals . During that time yoa will _hflctt on the course it will be suitable for you to adopt . The day will come , Theobald , when you will return to Yourself , and perceive how un . jn ' it and cruel you'have been t » the mother of your children , in order to please a craokbralu who _respecti nothing .
'January 24 , 1842—Every day brings a freBh sorrow to my life . I am calumniated ta you , and you perhaps believe mo guilty . But for ' that _^ however bitter your hatred and your vengeance f » v nsy bursts of _passloa and my jealousy , you would not have takea en yourself to tear my cliildrett from . ma . ¦ _Whatoves _xaaj hrwe Y _> es « youv abandonment of me , and year mysterious conduct for so many years past , I hara loved yoa enough to entertain the sweetest illusion , to believe in a return ; and evenon ! 'do not laugh at my credulity— to still beli * ve in your tenderness and your fidelity . But now tba » you have torn from . me all my . children , to give them na evaporee , whom you scarcely know—ta whom you have transferred all tha duties _irhioh I . had te fulfil , all my joys , all my auttibrlty— _whehas . _the right to . dispose of
my deareBt property , my ohilflren—ffho is the _oompsni 9 a of _taj _husbaud—wbo hag _aoqulred ths right of entering at any hour , under any _circuastatces , into tbis apartment , where I , your wife , tbe _mothev of your ohildren , have no longer the right to enter , even when yoa are ill . 0 * 1 under tke mask of aa _outm _cavtiege , there Ib mush Intrigue , want of modesty at this person , whe is wanting la religious sentiments , aad _wltieus which female virtue is but a quicksand . This person , under proper control , might make a good governess for the instruction of the children ; but to make of her the nether of my children ; and I live to sea myself condemned U be , thus replaced I May God _forgtteyou ; as a Christian I pardon you . But you have made me suffer too rauon ; yea have snapped asunder our last ties . There is hatred and _caatemntln
your heart towards me . _Yfss it net _eneugh for you to have abandoned me , to have _createi ahome , _joys , ecc «« pations , and interests of which I was Igntrunt J Was it still necessary for yoa to have tern front me my children , and filled ray place before ' iay very ejes _\ I . have been calumniated . Before God , I swear that I hare never loved but you ;; Oh ! If I had not the sad pr oofs that your heart is for ever closed against rae , I would attempt a last effort , I wonld throw myself at your feet , I would beseech you ln the naino of your tether , ot his old days , of our children , of tbe remembrance of our love , to hare pity on her who bas never ceased to lore you , anil whe would still sacrifice her life for you . But I now know that my grief and sufferings are odious to you , and make no impressions ou your feelings .
• April 23 . —It is long since I have written , and my position bas since become more and mere painful . Yeu seem to have changed and put aside all external appear _, ances ,: MademofeeUe D— reigns absolute , Never was a governess seen to assume so scandalous a position . Believe me that itis a great misfortune , a groat evilfor all this intimate and familiar oonduct with you , this authority over the whole household , shows that she is a person who believes that she has a right to put herself above all propriety .. With her all this is vanity , love of rule , domination , and pleasure . Iteflect that a fraternal intimacy between you aBd her , looking at your age and her position , is out of all consistency . What an example to give to young persons , to give to tbem , as a thing of course , a woman agod only 28 going and coming at all
hours , and iu any state of costume , to and fromthe chamber of a man no more than S 7 , receiving him in her own chamber , being tet _& atete with bim for whole even . _iBgs , ordering furniture , directing journeys _, parties of pleasure , 4 c . She has broken with ber femalo friends la order to bring herself into greater relief , and thiiB engross you entirely to herself ; always finding moans to get rid of the children . Has she not bad thc effrontery to say to me— 'I regret , Madame , that It is not possible for me to act as mediator between you and M . de Praslin ; but for your owa Interest I recommend you to pay attention to your manner of conducting yourself towards me . I conceive that It would be painful for you to be separated from your children ; but after the positive rewluuw _liuuv lit bv _ii , ii _* _Jtaiifc _ja _uiis u » i . c _^ l au .
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— . —m .-m . ¦¦ — ¦¦¦¦ >> i < :. _.--.. _" _^¦ ' - y _•¦^ _,... . % - _eenslble that he has reasons _^ _weU foa || ed _^ co _^ ng to such a _decWln _^ for m 8 liot > feellt W : bf an _Im _^ rtant duty to conform to !* . ' 3 _sit passible _thapow wife , who has ever been _BOiparetiwhOTiiaa nevervI 6 ved ,: but your . children and . yourself ; _abovi | alI * thJng ? , . 8 B /» _U be constrained to _hearheMelfihus * Insulted by fier i * _whorayou _latrust to bring « p onr _oTtlldren , whom yoa hare known only a few months , and of _whem yon spoke ill to me Inthe first _paftfof that time ! You are afraid that I should corrupt y » ur cbildren , and yet you abandon tbem r ' to a person who makes a sockery of all the decencies of life , „ trampling « themander . her feet , _whoregards ; as superstitious all tbe exercises of religion t , Yoa despise me so much that I dare not repeat ; the _' _expreisloM / you made use af in telling me so , because I "blamed her _, _ il _¥ _/ _-i--tlVr _«^ 3 a _^ _€ AW , _nniTiitiiy
manners and her arrogance . ' It would be better for me to , approve of that which , is blameable , in order todbtaln her permission for you to treat me better . Then , Indeed , should I reader myself despicable , when I sHbmitted to purchase _pleasuw-eveh happiness by _' . _bsseness so vile _, toil are In such a state of irritation that you wili not listen to me , aad cannot comprehend me . I do not mean , as you always seem to conceive , that Mademoiselle D— is yonr mistress in the full force of the _( _i xoreBsion . Thia supposition , ok _aecoant of yonr children , is revolting to you , and you do not perceive that , in the eyes of all , her familiar relations with you , her absolute empire over tbe house , my isolation ; are as fully established as If she we re so openly . You haveoften _ooncluded from appearances much less decisive that there were criminal relations between others . Cannot you , therefore , conceive my
grief at seeing my _cblldrea torn from'tbeir mother , to be _abahdohed completely to a person who has no cbuceptiou that good conduct aad virtue have their external forms , aad ought never to adopt those of vice f . How can I help being _afflilcted when I see them _I _« i the hands ' of a person who bat avowed her contempt for me by what I have repeated to you above ; and who establishes her empire by making yoa hat * and despise me ! 'You have _alwaysi » d to me ; ' When thereare suspicions ; tbey ' should always be _' ehared up . ' But do you not find thatab ? ' dally en . gro 8 sesyour time , 'and abuses her power over yon by using It to aggravate our differences and alienate us more and more from each other i Mademoiselle D— might be a very good _goverhesij but ft is necessary she should be guided and wntrblled ; but not by a young man , because she is too ; UghtsandincoBsiderate , coquettish and in _> . ¦ ¦
_perloUB . - ' _¦ : •"• .: " -: / 5 > : ;; A " _• _.- ' - - ,- ' ¦ S _:: _\ - '¦ *¦'•' ¦ *¦ ' _¦¦ ' _*¦ _- ¦ _¦ ¦ "'¦ ? _v- ' - _-. ' _-=.- * - _' , Th , e , best weapon , ' IM take It Into my hand , is sure to turn upon and wound mo . To-day , feeling disgust at seeing you come from a tete-a-tete with MademoiselleD— , I thought I was making a masteristroke by flying without saying a word ; thinking by this tbavold a scene ; and mark my disapprobation mildly and without risk ; Good God ! I was far from expecting the frightful rage into which my ; uufortuhate mildness threw you ! ' Certainly no vioience I could have used could have excited you farfher than to pursue me oa the staircase : with abusive Iangosge , uttered wlth ; loiid voice and insulting gestures ; and then , after retiring . fov a few _minutCB _intoyeur own room ; coming into mine , and breaking my Saxon vases , my _silver-gilt ewer _( aiguiere ) , or rather that of Horace , and taking away two weBe ' ntBto which I wasmacb
_.-attached , for you gave them me when I thought you loved so much ; my little rosepiateau , and my small gilt vases . I trust yoa have not given them to . her or to another . The other day , to punish me for having forced myself into your , room ; which she ban enter whenever » be pleases ; _you- . came and- broke _all _' my ' ombKSe * . _-Toiday , because I fled ia silence to avoid a soeue , ' you . destroyed thingsmost precious to me , and rob me of the memorials of alpre which has been myentire happiness . ' You have already burst those letters wbicb were the sole remaining testimonies of that tenderness ; you-have torn fromme my children , you have condemned me to all the miseries of We for the present , without leaving any hope of happiness for ; the future , ondnow you deprive me of-tbe memorials of the past . > 0 h , my God 11 bave loved him too much—you have struck true . _>
Frequently : > and at tbis very moment ( half-past one o ' clock In the morning ) I cannot help figuring to myself that'sho la perhaps with bim in his chamber , gossipping with him , in defiance of propriety ' , without being What is called his mistress ; - How is it that ' he does not comprehend that there are many things wounding to the affectibhs ? < " All is not concentrated in one animal action , as regards the pains . of the heart . I am convinced that if we were' separated he would soon feel the necessity of observing _^ strictly the proprieties of society with the governess of bis daughters , Can it be true my God , that ho despises me ; that he lores me no longer ! Sometimes I entertain doubts , and fancy that It it only apian to correct me . But ; on reflection , I cannot bnt remember that for five years he h » 8 dally : broken more and more
with me , 'that I an no longer anything to him , thathe has deprived me ef my rights as a mother , as mistress of bis house ; that , on all occasions , my place is assigned to me by him . Is it a lure he has held out to me , intimating that if I support all the severe privations he _^ _^ im poses upon me , rrtthflat Uttering a _compiuM be will restore to me all my desires ? _Dseshe imbgine that iic v » Z ) tl : _S i . _*?« to do sot , Does he desire it ? I often , think be does . Could he then 1 Thta I very much doubt . Mademoiselle _D-r would bring forward the bargain between them , and he would not dare to dsclde In my favour . And I well conceive that she has real , advantages as a governess , but he . thinks her _Buperlor te what she really Is . He would see me submissive , and believe rae content ; ho would think that the change would hot be worth while ,
and ih truth itis too certain that he has a vary bad opinion of me ' . I have great faults , and I suffer too muck from them to be ignorant of th « m ; but I am convinced be believes I have vices tbat I am not guilty of . This morning , in conversing , Madame de Dolonieu , before this frightful scene , said to tne , 'Your husband bas an entire and tender devotion to you , bas he not VI avoided the question , for I could not take it upon myself to aay a thing I did not think , which I knew too well I could no longer boast of . Helovesmenomorel But , my God , to whom I have said , ' Deprive me , if bo it must be , of bis _jote , that only joy of my life—that life ofmy heartbut let him be saved , that we may one day be reunited with our children in Tby bosom as tbe reward of this sacrifice' —Oh tell me , my God , that he
will love me again when ho knows this—that he will not curse my memory , and my prayers . will be granted . It is * o new to me to see him give himself up to these violent fits of passion , sod to which mine have never approached , that I frequently cannot help thinking that this / violence is feigned ; inasmuch as , in general , hs does not break things to pieces until after he has reflected . God grant that this may be so ' . ( or if he be bo anxious to correct me as to purchase my cure at the price of extravagances , with an air almost of _san _^ _-Zroid _,. then be still lores r ae ; and yet , what ho _« rib ! e expressions of disgust ! They cannot _eomefvem a feigned angert But did he not say to me the other day , in tbt presents of Berthe , and throwing tome all he bad broken in my absence , that he would da the same every time that I
broke something in his apartment « This is a singular idea , since I never _inteniohally broke anything belonging to hkn . I only wished to force open the door of Mb chamber , at . the moment he was bolting it . Ho afterwards told me coolly .-that be would do the same whenever ! happened to repeat the breaking . This , then , is a plam , a calealated _resoluUen come ta in advance . Why the * should I _tak » it fora real act of passion } _To-dayi however , I have _atlthw said , nor broken anything . Truly , tbis is paying rjearftr a silent mark of dissatisfaction . I cannot conceive how matters wUl be ari _rsnged . 1 know not how to help thinking tbat a _separation would be best . . . Things are becoming more and more envenomed .. I wish to promote his happineBss ;
but , as his life is a _» w arranged , iustead of eontribntlng to it , I destroy it . I am suffering a thousand martyrdoms ; if I _^ were to go quite alone to Pretot , nnder th _« pretence of sea-bathing , be would have time to learn whether _hels really more happy witb thelife ke has arranged with Mademoiselle D—and the ohildren , without having me as his wife , or whether it would be more agree * able to'him to commehoe a hew life _altogether with ae . Three months' may be _sofficient for this experiment , and I could resign myself witb the greater facility H live alone _dewn there , than to _resnain We la the position In wbloh 1 find myself . I know that as things are now my absence _weuld be rather a relief , thin a privation . '
1 ETTE * _WrXDOVT DAIB , FOCS » IS TOE DDKS Da _PBASJIB ' S , ' _SEcisTABr AUM 4 SH 5 . " _« _!)• not believe , my dear Theobald , tha * I am not _awhre of my error , wheu I have _forgetten myself so as to tell you , _iulaaguage too _vlelent , what I Bave Buffered , and what afflicts ma still . _Hevyeyer will-grounded and reasonable my grief may be , I ought either to conceal U or express more calmly the natural anxiety it ' causes me for our ohildren . ' Now things are come to this point , I _assare you it would be better for us to separate quietly , privately , without speaking to any one . Time brings things about '; it will one day open your eyes to tho sad and deplorablo influence which you have suffered to gain such ascendancy over you , such authority over onr children aad your house . Let me await that moment in
peace and solitude , rer years past I have made vain efforts to appear calm and resigned to a state of things which T firmly believe is as injurious to our eldest daughters as it is painful to myself , For along time I believed , in your affection ; and thatgavo me patience under my sufferings . Now , all illusion has _coased ; I see that I never could hare occupied the place I ; coveted in your ' _hearti as I onoe supposed . Yoa were for a _ioig time so very kind to me , that I beUeved you loved ue with a reciprocal affection ., and that you would one day be mine again . This Illusion is destroyed , If I was not able to win your affections formerl y , I cannot hop * to do so new , after so much trouble has soured my temper of whieh I am folly aware . My heart is still the same ! entirely devoted to you and our children ; but I see that
I am nothing either to you or tbe children . You have annulled my life ; you force me to be only a spectator , whereas I aught to be thc second bead of tbe family . J spe a thousand things aroundme equally obnoxious to my principles aad my affections . 1 am _syideatl y a burden to you , and some of my children , in appearance at least , for you are far from knowing their real feelings . In flue , you hare made my life useless here , and you let me feel that I am in the Way and only tolerated . I kuow I can do nothing fo change an lota ef your determination ; I only askyou , therefore , to make such arrangements that I may not be compelled to witness things which I cannot help blaming from my very heart . Yoa have shown in every way that you feel neither esteem nor friendship for me , and that you would bave our children share your sentiments . I wish fer nothing bat to let you enjoy in peace the kind of life yoa hare chosen , _uii-uut i . _viUjj aa _uaffillbg _-jiectalw of _itt 1 _suffvl tco
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much here , deprived of everything in ths r , i 7 _^^ S In tbe midst of thoso I hold dear , but who a 1 , 6 ' « d . from me by : an ; _intrigu ' er . ; I cannot under » tA _^ Dll , CI i 64 uuhanpy life . should give a relish to your pW _**» u , what you please , but , for mercy ' s sake , d 0 J ?* - hi _towitnessit . ' 7 / " ' ; _""" . , ' " _^ u , _iiib ' _niiDiifl ) _'' ¦¦ _?/•'' ¦ '¦'" ¦ _>¦' ¦ - * I believed mjself a portion of you ; jt s . _^ * that all ought to be common between us and io _** mutually . At present you have established n , t , ppor , « d separation , botween , us ; we . are nothing ttn Con , I" _«« strangers one to another . Ifora long time «\ tt , B - myself with _HIusIobs ofa return of _affoction of t _''' _^ aU tne _pOBslbillties ofthis world , to picture to _mvirt , _' 'of It was a time to be passed , that you loved nj fl ani « all mysteries would be cleared up by yorj iu ' » h & t and _satlBfactory _manaer ; iu . short , I long _msia _* _' ' ' dream of happiness to come with confidence an / 78 ' ' more with hope . At present—but let u _» talk no ? " Ul of it , happiness is nolongor in question- buts | _*" must abandon the hope of your return and that nf ** children , I must at least know what Ibare to tmrt ?' My . life is not supportable ; it is painful , dU grac . , _)' , ' me , and , do not deceive yourself , very daogfrom f ! . ! ° mnnri Vn _» _rUnrtvcA nf _flvat _^ _fkl _^™ ' .. ""* _^^
< _-...,.. _*„ . / .. n _«« _l . nf * hi « (« r , _tlrlrRr . _ThlniM _... - . Wt 0 e future prospects of the children . Things tannot _ena in their present state . Therefore , reflect ; rem « _raS ? that I supplicate you to give me at leatt a _becomlns n _« T tion , and an interest in life . Oh _\ but you are _^ You have arrived at snob a point that yorj _a _^ * _- longer go out with yonr wife and your children win ,. ? being accompanied by that person for whom yon w taken from me what you gave me in the first days f Z marriage . You are so mucb under her y oke that _? dare under take _aothrag wltbput her . You would l _^ elder It wrong to leave her for a mom ent , and J 0 _^ wife , tke mother of nine children , must liv 8 BQ | _? alone . ' '
MIT £ B , _WITB 0 rJt Blft _, f OUKD IK TBS _BECSXTm or la , _BOCaEBS DE rBAStlK . } ' Icannot understand what are your _vlw & _ujo _, _^ future of our children , nor by what principles you _direst your conduct , nor what is the nature of your _sem _; _TOEntj with respect to me . You will not under any pretext _teSj my letters , nor accord me a serious _converiaUou ltiw any explanation ot any kind . If it be the dread of explanation oa your private , conduct , you are wrong «> fear that I will enter on that subject . Ifora long while expected , hoped for , that moment almost as much as J ' desired it , but itis now an illusion completely destroyed , You bave too charly proved that you no longer love rae , and that all relations must cease between as , for tne tt
be absurd enough to expect from you any mark of afi « , tion . . I therefore only demand , of yon , I , swear it , tait which is hot refused to any woman , unless she be a _mos . a ter of corruption ; and tbat Is , the permission to do my duty towards my children , and to enjoy the consolation that I can find in . the midst of them alone , _inthetsj . vices that I might render . thi > m , and in their tender ness to soften the bitter regret ' s which wring my heart at _haring lost your affectioh ; I would have given all my olocd to regain your tenderness , to enjoy H again for some &»» hients , and then to die ; but I have been cowardl y , _« _i . flsb , guilty , I admit it , Jn abandoning to you all my skate of _rigbts : over , our children , having pictured to myself that this sacrifice , greater a hundred times than
that of my life , would touch you , tbat you would return to me and that you would give yourself to me a second time . But I take heaven to witness , I would never have made a similar . concession for any motive , if I had not been convinced that you . ; would ; , put them _ia mpectabra hands , and that only for their instruction . Never , never would I have . willingly _^ cons ented to be deprived of all relations with my children , to ' no longer occupy myself with their health , with their comfort ; But that _wai net the . case . Never have I been . sufficiently _unnatural sufficiently infamous to renounce the eare of my children , not to live with them , and to exercise no influence over them . You must be very blind , not to see that you are ta the bands of ah intrigante . Yes , the person who ii capa . bie of profiting by the dissensions which she remarked
between us on her arriral , in order to increase herautho rity , which has completely separated u » _, wbich bis totally separated a mother , from ber children , is pre foundly immoral , and unworthy of the confidence which ybu plape lii ber . ' A . womau . . who acceptB such a false position is the most _dangerous example for young girls ; she purchases authority nt the orice of bee _rep _& tattoa Women who make such bargains have only another step to take to lose themselres ia fact , as they bave _alreidy _los _^ themselves in appearance . Having had themiafor . tcne to thrust herself into a very false position , Mdlle . D—ought , if she had the sentiment of modesty or ths least tact , to have reserved _maBners , to act becomingly towards you ; instead of whicb , by her conduct , shameless ' towards you , ' arrogant . in the house , ' scandalous to me , she , puts herself . forward iu a scandalous
manner
ALSO WITHOUT DATE . ' When I shall be no more , perhaps your eye 3 will be opened , and you will comprehend that she who has founded her domination by embroiling you with the mother of your children , in accustoming you to aveid tll _2 ? _510 _'ber , is not WOrtjiv of bringing them up . _fou bave feared the influence of your wife , who has loved _Jott above all , aad you are tbe puppet ofthe caprices of that woman , who is void of principle and sympathy , AU I _aik of you is , to remain what I should naturally be , you * wife , your companion , tbe mother of our children ; she
has excited you to separate yourself from me , to give her my place near yoa , near my children , and in the establishment , and you have ' _yieided it to ber . I aBked you only to give her the _consideration due in everv house to a governess aad you did not consider that _aufficiest . She has incited you to ill-treat mc , to drive me from your house , to break everything in my apartment , to de prive me of my children , to take from me all authority over them and in the house , you have yielded to hei ia every thing ; with a look , a sign , she makes you act and obey her . ' ;
In the same letter she accuses tbe governess of loci _, ting her children to doubt her love , her Intelligence , her reputation .
TiETTBR FOUND IK THB 8 ECBXTABT OF TIIE DUSK DE _pbaj hh , at _rsAsnw . 'Paris , June 15 , 1817 . 'My dear Theobald , —I have waited until this moment tho result of the promises that yoa renewed to me , oa my return from Italy , ta change the organisation of our home . You appear to have forgotten tbem , and I find myself obliged to remind you that I do not think I ought to return to Praslin except it be to _re-enter on the exercise « f my rights and to fulfil tbe duties of mother and mistress of the household iu their fullest extent . Ths system of governesses has always succeeded badly with hs , and it is time , for tha welfare of our children and the dignity of our home , to _abandenit . Be long as my
daughters shall not be married , I will reside everywhere among them , I will be _present at all their _occupatiens I will accompany tbem everywhere . All my plans are _fOTtnftd , aad when you shall bave reflected you will ter . tainly find as many motives for confidence in the _edaeaa tion ofour daughters nnder . the care of a _rootaeras under that of a govcroess . Masters will supply as _eaity at Praslin as - at Paris the lessons ofa governess , wbo haB always stood ia need of their assistance ; I have _foiaseen everything , and ail will be easily arranged . Hy father , I know , has _oftVtod to _Miie . D— an honourable pension for life . In going with ft to England , her talents aud her patrons will procure a becoming pesition more easily than at Paris . You would be wrong to _be ' dls with the
quieted grief that our daughters would fesV ; It would be much shorter and much less profound thanyoa imagine j I bare certain reasons for not doubtingIbat . For a long time back you have expressed yourself witb respect to the conduct otMUe . D—in « manner to leave uo doubt that you have opened your eyes , to a great part at least , _otlte grave impropriety . What would secure ber _retiremeat _lw aw honourable manner would be a pension from ray father , guaranteed by me , and ber journey to England , wbich would explain away favourably a sudden departure . By delicacy I first sought a supporter in _yow ferally in ordtt to open your , eyes ; aftor baring waited for the result iu _valm for y » r « , XrjHwUt length _sabmit to thelegidroate
_deeiro _tfnty father to speak to you in tte name of the veritable interests of ear children . When yon , my natural supporter , fall me , I must let _asyself be guided by nsy father . I do not doubt that when the ires ennui shall have passed away , you will rejoice at a crisis which will' re-establish natural order in onr n _? Btt , _» -Hit enters into yonr arrangements thatMHo D— shall return to Praslin to seek her things , I will watt until she shall return before going there ; if they mast simply be sent to her a » Paris , I will start as soon as you please for Praslin . After all the rumours which have been current , I have shown ber sufficient kindness to restore her cheraoter , as you pointed oat to me , la so far as it depended on me , in order to make ker t _«
leave with honour . I have fulfilled my task : the welfare of my children , that of their oitaWUhmenV will hot permit me to prolong by resignation a state of things pernicious to all . Let not the fear of recrimination oa these painful matters torment you . It enters into my views as much aa it does iuto yours not to return to them . My silence on previous _circumstences , almost the same , ia a sura guarantee oi this to you . The first condition ot family } lifa la peace and a good understand _, ing . That it is my _^ bject , and It will be easily obtained when no attempts shall aay longer be made to separate children from their motber , aod to reign by dirision ; . It is not without serious reflection , nor without the
_B 88 _urance tbat I follow the opinion of my father , that I have determined to adopt such a serious _rVsolution . It would bave obtained , I am sure , tbe approval of my uncle de Coigny , who ia to me the representative of my mother , if I bad not avoided till now to speak to him of these sad details . My wishes are , that everything shall be arranged between my father , you , and myself , without tbo intervention of other advisers . You havo often expressed to me , my dear Theobald , ibe desire to seo fbingB take another face , because you really feel the discomfort of our borne ; but you always draw back . I now count on your _cooperation , as in every * thing wbich concerns the happiness of our ebildjap . Sassi Skbastiasi Pawiis . '
TO MB DUKB DE PBASllH , ( Written in pencil , no date . ) toa have a rare and precious talent at poisoning everything . While your conduct influenced only tho happiness of my life it was my duty to be silent , and I was so . If you imagine , witb your muttered words and yeur threats , te make people understand that I n ' omore approve in public tban in private tbe conduct of a person whom I despise , and who does not merit your con * fidence nor mine , you are right , for I think it a _scauda _* f Conj & _uWi to !/ _if riirit _Poje , J
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11091847/page/2/
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