Part 10
882.--_Tuesday, September 22, 1857._
M. H. K.--I have again been disappointed in not seeing you. When you have performed your promise, an answer will be immediately returned. You know how anxious I must be to arrange every part of our affair.--Yours ever, Mimi. Home, 20th.
883.--_Wednesday, September 23, 1857._
MIMI.--You are labouring under some mistake. I have never yet received one letter; my promise to reply when that arrives shall be kept. Write at once, as I am equally anxious.--Yours ever, M. H. K.
884.--_Wednesday, September 23, 1857._
HORSESHOE.--I am most anxious about you. Why don’t you write? I returned on Saturday. All went wrong. Alarm is well, but eager for news.--Vinegarette, Bath, 21st of September, 1857.
885.--_Saturday, September 26, 1857._
DANSKE veuner i London bringes herved et hjerteligt Levvel fra F. S. Bang.
886.--_Tuesday, September 29, 1857._
HORSESHOE.--Your LETTER was RECEIVED on Saturday, and greatly has it relieved my mind. Do you remember our last conversation? If it can be arranged speedily all will be well. I feared you were ill. I am better than I have been.--Vinegarette, Bath.
887.--_Tuesday, October 6, 1857._
M. H. K.--My intention was to be in town the whole of next month to arrange our business. If you have determined not to be there it will be useless for me to think of it. I thought everything had been nearly settled, as I never forget a promise.--Yours ever, Mimi, October 2, 1857.
888.--_Wednesday, October 7, 1857._
MIMI.--I beg of you to WRITE to me to the address I have before given you. You are evidently making a great mistake, as I have never made you one promise, except that of writing when I receive a letter from you. If you will do this, and give me your address, you shall hear from me. It is, I fear, a case of mistaken identity.--Yours ever, M. H. K.
889.--_Monday, October 12, 1857._
P. P. P.--SECRECY.
890.--_Thursday, October 15, 1857._
P. P. P.--SECRECY. No letter will either be shown or given up, but destroyed directly after receipt, if so wished by the writer, who may communicate without fear.
891.--_Thursday, October 15, 1857._
M. H. K.--Your LETTER was FORWARDED, as you desired, to the post-office, Royal-hill, Greenwich, S.E., on the 8th. I am anxious to hear whether you received it.--Yours ever, Mimi.--October 13, H. W.
892.--_Monday, October 26, 1857._
T. S.--THANKS.--Disappointed, yet thankful. Am I too indifferent to you to be favoured with a line? Does your seal express your feelings or what mine ought to be? He is enough: still human nature needs human sympathy. I am very sad.--O. W. D.
893.--_Tuesday, October 27, 1857._
CUMMING to PET.--Pourquoi n’avez vous pas écrit? Il y a une lettre pour vous a la poste-restante, Ludgate-hill.
894.--_Thursday, October 29, 1857._
TOTAL £2,700: Balance £18.--North-street, October 27, 1857.
895.--_Monday, November 2, 1857._
X.--I cautioned, but to no purpose. The £2,300 are gone. This makes £6,000 lost in that way--and all hard cash. The cup is now full. Foreigners have the preference; but Decimals will face the wolf a second time.--Cygne.
896.--_Monday, November 2, 1857._
YES.--Hold! till know all. My friend middling yet. All for you, and give up two years. If yes, put the signal in a sentence home: if lost, a blotted inside envelope at home. Up! up! upon relying Write.
897.--_Tuesday, November 3, 1857._
X.--I must send the poor little girl round by sea to be tossed on the Atlantic for six days. My poverty, not my will consents. Is it true Nena Sahib was stripped of his patrimony? Decimals and poverty--£2,300 and starvation. St. Swithin.--Cygne.
898.--_Tuesday, November 3, 4, 1857._
BIANCHINA.--Always, always the same. Don’t forget.
899.--_Saturday, November 7, 1857._
BIANCHINA.--WRITE when you can till the great day comes, when words will give place to actions.
900.--_Saturday, November 14, 1857._
TO W.--If you really wish to see me, let me know what day you go to D., and where I can find you.--Mimi, Nov. 12, 1857.
901.--_Tuesday, November 17, 1857._
BIANCHINA.--I have not heard from you for so long. Why?
902.--_Tuesday, November 17, 1857._
X.--I stand no chance in this race with foreigners, because I am an Englishman. Nena Sahib. St. Swithin. Decimals.--Cygne.
903.--_Tuesday, November 17, 1857._
POLLY.--I have referred. Truly it applies. Need I again assure thee. Review calmly and sincerely what we have each since experienced, and forget not thy first obligation. Write, I entreat thee.--John.
904.--_Friday, November 20, 1857._
BIANCHINA.--SECOND NOT RECEIVED. It is a pity. Never mind. Always the same.
905.--_Monday, November 23, 1857._
BIANCHINA.--I am yours a thousand times more than ever. Remember you may depend upon me. For God’s sake write when you can--t’adoro sempre piu. You belong to me.
906.--_Thursday, November 26, 1857._
CUMMING to PET.--Il y a une LETTRE pour toi, la même adresse.--Ton dévoué.
907.--_Friday, November 27, 1857._
M. D., your COMMUNICATION has been received, and calls for my THANKS and gratitude. I had thought it possible we might have met. Your faithful Friend.
908.--_Friday, November 27, 1857._
Z.--Chanced to see yours to-day. Lameness prevented myself taking it. I was assured it did appear in a different part. Pray forgive me for the neglect of others. A grateful heart is yours. Let me explain personally. I am grieved.
909.--_Saturday, December 5, 1857._
MY dear SISTER,--Pray perform your promise in writing to me. If my proposal had been accepted all would have been well.--MIMI, H. W. Do not delay.
910.--_Tuesday, December 8, 1857._
EZRA.--Oh! WRITE immediately and often. Take care of yourself. Cheer up. All right. Good-night. God bless you, my darling son.--“The Ezras.”--December 5, 1857.
911.--_Monday, December 14, 1857._
MY dear SISTER.--Why not grant my request, and write as you promised? By keeping me in a state of uncertainty all our business is delayed. I have done all in my power. As soon as I have received your letter with the
## particulars no time shall be lost. If you wish to settle our affairs,
the sooner an interview takes place the better.--H. W., December 11.
912.--_Tuesday, December 15, 1857._
M. D.--I am very sorry I missed you, and more so that we cannot meet as suggested. Satisfactory explanations shall be given.
913.--_Tuesday, December 15, 1857._
H. W., February 20, 1854.--Nearly four years’ absence and indifference leaves us both at liberty to act as we please independently of each other.--M. B., Dec. 14, 1857.
914.--_Thursday, December 17, 1857._
THE EZRAS.--LETTER RECEIVED--much joy. Let your whereabouts be speedily communicated to your mother. God bless you.--HELEN.
915.--_Wednesday, December 23, 1857._
CUMMING to PET.--Il y a une LETTRE pour vous--la même adresse. Je vous attends avec beaucoup d’inquietude. Venez bientôt je vous en prie. Votre dévoué.
916.--_Wednesday, December 30, 1857._
M. D.---- No. 31.--It will afford me great pleasure under any circumstances.
917.--_Wednesday, December 30, 1857._
CUMMING to PET.--Quand je vous vois, je vous dirai tout ce que je pense de votre conduite. Ce n’est pas bien de vous. Il y a des lettres pour vous. Toujours fidèle.
918.--_Wednesday, December 30, 1857._
X. CHEOPS.--No, no. Hands off my child. I am no longer bound by the laws of humanity, and had it been a boy, yes; but I will not risk my little gipsey girl amongst the pestilential marshes of Hungary, though there secure against every power.--B. Z. Q., 666.--CYGNE.
919.--_Thursday, December 31, 1857._
X.--CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. O, no language can describe what I have had to endure in endeavouring to earn an honest living in my dear country. Kicked out of my beautiful native city into the vilest--and now wounded in my dearest affections. I was told it would be so, Alec. Boxmoor on the one hand. Decimals by the right. Eggs by the left. Comprenez-vous? Yes, I did it.--CYGNE.
920.--_Friday, January 1, 1858._
TO T.--After the letter, do not for a moment suppose that I could make use of his house, money, or connexion. I adhere to mine of yesterday. The sacrifice you shall have to make will be the truest test of your sincerity--therefore, pause.--N. and H.
921.--_Saturday, January 9, 1858._
M. D.--My meaning has not been clearly expressed. You have entirely misunderstood the feelings that actuated me. I, too, have resolved to do wonders, but it all ends as described.
922.--_Thursday, February 4, 1858._
X. CHEOPS X.--As agreed, I have tried again to earn an honest living, and I earn about one-half as much as foreigners, and I see nothing but poverty and misery for myself and child.--Ciphering--decimals, 999.--CYGNE.
923.--_Wednesday, February 10, 11, 12, 1858._
DOES HE REPENT? To Him who can Understand.--Is it for one flower to pine, droop, and die, or does the other flower sympathize in the misery it has caused its rose? Now, or it will be too late.
924.--_Saturday, February 13, 1858._
DOES HE REPENT? for Whom? Guess.--My answer is a thousand times YES, on one condition, that the rose cast off the thorn. The violet will then be hers for ever. Do trust and have confidence, and the rose shall be happy, for nothing then shall ever separate the violet from “its rose.” Decide quickly, for time presses both, though for exactly opposite purposes. Will not the rose trust and support the “other flower”?
925.--_Monday, February 15, 1858._
DOES HE REPENT?--There being no answer, it is now too late. Ah, Flower, whose name cannot be told, if thou hadst known the things that were for thy peace thou wouldst have asked forgiveness, ere this, of thy partner Rose. Now for the truth.
926.--_Monday, February 15, 1858._
YOU ASK IF HE REPENTS, he only awaits your initials, or other sufficient proof of your identity, to answer this question. If preferred, address Amiens, P. O., Old Cavendish-street, W.
927.--_Tuesday, February 23, 1858._
SPES IN DEO.--RECEIVED.
928.--_Wednesday, March 10, 1858._
CAN the Rose be drooping whose thorns wounded the hands that would have tended it? That Rose is now, alas! beyond the reach of those hands, and they yet fear mischance. But write at once, or advertise more
## particularly, and a letter will be sent by “Appletree.”
929.--_Saturday, March 13, 1858._
A WEED on which a Rose has flung fragrance cares nothing for a few scratches. An advertisement, stating that a letter has been addressed to it, in its own real name, at the General Post-office, would delight it. The assumed name is ANTI-CHESTERFIELD.
930.--_Saturday, April 10, 1858._
IF “Arrietta” relented, the horizon would soon brighten; perhaps if all were revealed, she might do this without cause of regret. An oak, far from being uprooted by the passing storm, then proves its power to cherish the yielding and tender vine.--ES--UB.
931.--_Wednesday, April 14, 1858._
APRIL 10.--Will ARRIETA let me MEET with a mutual friend? All may be well. Everything depends on you. From home this week.--TS--YB.
932.--_Thursday, April 15, 1858._
SOPHIA W . . . . M.--“Ti ho scritto tante volte inutilmente.” What is to be done? Do you wish the letters, &c., published or not? Answer quickly, for time presses. Shall I be more explicit?--Yours, TICHBORN.
933.--_Wednesday, April 28, 1858._
X TRIBE X QUIET.--Everything just as suspected, £100 of no use at all; in future at least £500. Plants. Je m’en moque. 3 A 333 BJB.--CYGNE.
934.--_Saturday, May 1, 1858._
A. S.--“All is right.” I am very sorry that I did so, to cause you uneasiness, and will not again even ask. You know all that words can say--time cannot change. Thus, accept, &c. (and as to which I need not repeat); till then I only say A. S.
935.--_Monday, May 3, 1858._
X BLUE EYES X.--I protested (in writing), both before and after, against that “Genug für Alles” business. The Moravian March Rose must give “Auskunft” and guarantee £500.--Toes.--CYGNE.
936.--_Thursday, May 6, 1858._
SOPHIA W . . . . . M.--In looking over the MSS. Jouold DISCOVERED the MISSING SLIP written at the hotel, Plymouth; also, “Il mio Tiranno.” All is now ready but the dedication. Which do you think? Father or son!--TICHBORNE.
937.--_Saturday, May 8, 1858._
JE dois et je veux savoir.
938.--_Tuesday, May 11, 1858._
TO A. S.--I have seen May 1st (and 8th?) All is right and settled. Words are needless. Be tranquil.
939.--_Friday, May 14, 1858._
A. S.--This is only to thank you for what I have seen. My pleasure is the hope that I interpret rightly the last word but two. Give or get me the earliest permission possible to send the “Enigma;” and, when you see what was wanting, you will find there was none. I am gone away till the middle of July. I need not say where now. Only one day’s post. J’attends.
940.--_Monday, May 17, 1858._
MODELLA de 1854!--Ah! voudrai-je n’avoir pas proféré une pétition si facile à concéder, mais dont le refus si inattendu, et l’observation qui l’accompagnait, m’a causé tant de douleur. Le destin un prépare une pélérinage d’outre-Manche; pendant cet exile vos lettres chéries seront mon unique consolation. Si depuis quelque temps elles sont moins démonstratives, je suis sure que vous l’ignorez. Ancor, séparé ou non séparé. “Vi giuro eterna fede.”
941.--_Thursday, May 20, 1858._
DEAR A. S.--This time I write first. All is right, &c. You know, &c. Time, &c. Please answer if, and as soon as, you can. All is fixed.--Yours, &c., M.
942.--_Saturday, May 22, 1858._
TO LIDFORD.--15_s._ in town, besides cab hire (in case of need). In England--35_s._ per diem, inclusive of hotel (and exclusive of railway) expenditure. To second query, Yes. To third query, No, “as to language.”
943.--_Wednesday, May 26, 1858._
VI GIURO ETERNA FEDE! Nothing can ever change me. Séparé ou non séparé, “toujours fidèle” jusqu’à la mort! Dieu vous garde! MODELLA de 1854.
944.--_Monday, June 7, 8, 1858._
GAS--Tar--Shoes. Shakspeare’s Bust;--Aubert and Klaftenburg;--money for the present;--proposals for the future. I wish to send to you. No inquiry shall be made. Rely. One line by post. Quite broken down. Oh, come.
945.--_Thursday, June 17, 1858._
HEARTSEASE.--Pray be calm. Do not be too eager. All will yet be right. Do you agree to meet, and part no more. Some are foes--find a friend. The flowers in the conservatory, I suppose, bloomed last week. Do not part with anything. Do write. Vale.
946.--_Saturday, June 19, 1858._
HEARTSEASE.--On the brow of the vale. Received with thanks. Agreed as desired, if not too long delayed. Foes I never feared. Friends are sometimes treacherous. I have not forgotten the conservatory. As ever. W.
947.--_Saturday, June 26, 1858._
Y. Z.--Can there be happiness without confidence? Alas, I see you doubt. It can never be received. It would be entire ruin. Can you sign it? In a month, death or victory.
948.--_Monday, June 28, 1858._
Y. Z.--As you desire. Your sincerity is very satisfactory. Thanks for your faithfulness, it is duly appreciated, and shall be well rewarded. Hope on a little longer. Did you notice Saturday?
949.--_Wednesday, July 7, 1858._
X. GAMINS X.--I CANNOT LECTURE at Coventry as contemplated. Although reported in the “Endowed Schools Commission” as receiving £80 per annum, I get but £50, and you know with that without board, &c.--E. J. W., Cygne.
950.--_Tuesday, July 13, 1858._
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951.--_Tuesday, July 13, 1858._
M. R.--E. R. and “not” M. R. worked illicit still third 2 months, 1855, at H. G.--M. R. unknown at “16 or 7.” Landlady at 16, dead. M. R. or E. R., age 20. Query, has E. R. a child 4 or 5 years old?--C. F. Field, Private Inquiry-office, Devereux-court, W.C.
952.--_Wednesday, July 14, 1858._
ESPERANZA.--J’attends votre lettre avec impatience. Dites-moi où je dois vous écrire et quand je puis venir. Soyez ferme et tout ira bien. Votre tout dévoué.
953.--_Thursday, July 15, 1858._
ESPERANZA.--Cela ne sera jamais. Ces enfantillages ne m’effrayent pas. Plus que jamais je suis décidé à tout avoir, et une vingtaine de ces lettres injustes et cruelles ne me détourneront pas de mon projet. Vous savez ce que je ferais si vous me faisiez perdre la partie. Vous n’avez qu’à rester fidèle à vos promesses.
954.--_Wednesday, July 21, 1858._
ESPERANZA.--J’attends toujours une lettre: si je ne la reçois pas bientôt j’irai vous voir. L’affaire marche bien, mais votre indifférence et votre silence m’ont beaucoup affligés. Votre tout dévoué.
955.--_Saturday, July 24, 1858._
ESPERANZA.--Say how a letter can reach you, and you will receive important information. Address, E. D. V. X., Post-office, Jersey.
956.--_Monday, July 26, 1858._
ESPERANZA.--Il me semble que vous m’avez tout-à-fait oublié. Pourquoi ne m’avez-vous pas écrit? Au moins, dites-moi où je puis vous écrire. Comme il s’agit maintenant de notre bonheur futur, vous pouviez être un peu moins inconstant. Votre dévoué.
957.--_Tuesday, July 27, 1858._
## ACT 7. V. R. Cap. 30 and 31. Parole.
958.--_Wednesday, July 28, 1858._
DECIMALS to CHEOPS.--I have done the State some service, and they know it; but I intend to do a great deal more. Coventry, like Spitalfields, will not assist us; but the form must be gone through. Address E. J. Wilson, Ennis, Ireland.
959.--_Monday, August 2, 1858._
DECIMALS to CHEOPS.--T. C. JONES, Esq., DIED last year in America. It is exceedingly unfortunate. He and I were the only merchants who thoroughly understood the whole system. Address E. J. Wilson, Ennis, Ireland.
960.--_Wednesday, August 4, 1858._
UNDECIDED.--From OLD TOM.
961.--_Wednesday, August 11, 1858._
DECIMALS to CHEOPS.--It was the perseverance of one man that sent Lord Bacon to the Tower. Not Coventry, but Liverpool, Liverpool, Liverpool. Address E. J. Wilson, Ennis, Ireland.
962.--_Thursday, August 12, 1858._
BLUE BELL.--Letters received the 10th. Henceforth I have every confidence--it was only this trial I feared. I have had a dreadful letter from P. Trust no one. Look again 17th. Will try what I can do the other way. Keep up your spirits.--LOCHINVAR.
963.--_Wednesday, August 18, 1858._
BLUE BELL.--Your letter received. Your feelings on receipt will tell you mine. Address given will always find. I leave for the continent in a week. Will continue to communicate thus. Never mind the P. S. question. Write when can.--Lochinvar.
964.--_Friday, August 20, 1858._
ALL’S WRONG, Wrong. From Old Tom. Write.
965.--_Saturday, August 21, 1858._
BLUE BELL.--The genuine, truthful, earnest style of your letters is deeply appreciated. Do not alter it. For C. read J. Two months. L. has and always will have perfect confidence. Keep L. advised as to all movements at head quarters.--Constantia.
966.--_Saturday, August 28, 1858._
CONSTANTIA.--Trust our kind friend (under promise) with all except means of intelligence. Say how grateful I am for kindness to you. Say nothing to T. at present. B. B. could not offend. L.’s confidence and respect increase daily. Have taken measures to frustrate our enemy. Keep aloof from this person. Advise our kind friend to do the same as terrible disclosures impend (not affecting us).--L.
967.--_Thursday, September 2, 1858._
DECIMALS to CHEOPS.--Honest John Bull is pig-headed, but he begins to grasp this business. I claim to rank with Cobden, Bright, and Rowland Hill. I go on. (Long R---- Joey). Address E. J. Wilson, Ennis, Ireland.
968.--_Wednesday, September 8, 1858._
BLUE BELL.--Should have written sooner, but am far away. Write as often as can; ’tis all I have to cheer me. Now and then. The person you so much dislike (a Lady) is the enemy alluded to. I am not very friendly with him whose visits you advised me of. Do not let him gain any information from you, and believe nothing he may report. Cheer up. Every confidence. Be cautious.--L.
969.--_Wednesday, September 22, 1858._
CONSTANTIA.--Received two. That which has worried you is part of a plan. Heed it not. If that which you allude to is not given it must be done without. Rely upon L’s affection and determination. Who says ’tis for the best? 1st November. The time will pass, slow as it lags. Were it 10 instead of 2 it would make no change. Pray write soon--tell me of your health. B. B. must be very steadfast, and close ears to the insidious whisperings, which will be continued.--VIOLET.
970.--_Wednesday, September 29, 1858._
COLCHESTER.
971.--_Saturday, October 2, 1858._
THE COMET will appear very bright, on Saturday. Look out at Remenham.--Briggs.
972.--_Monday, October 4, 1858._
G. P-- N-- G-- N--. Mandami il tuo indirizzo, avrò forse bisogno di scriverti. Qualora tu foste ricercato del piccolo B. O. M. ti avverto che coloro che lo Chiedono non sono antorizzati, ne dalla famiglia sua ne dalla madre, e però tu non sei obbligato a dire dove stà.--H.
973.--_Thursday, October 7, 1858._
DECIMALS to CHEOPS.--I have lost my money and my child. You can guess my feelings. Can a lawyer advise a criminal act without rendering himself equally liable? Answer to E. J. Wilson, Ennis, Ireland.
974.--_Thursday, October 7, 1858._
VIOLET--3 which greatly comforted me. I rate your good taste too high and the individual too low to cause any uneasiness. Would a letter as last be safe? Is our kind friend as well disposed towards me as ever? It would please me much to know this. Well in health, but low in spirits. I was a little uneasy, but am no longer so.--Lochinvar.
975.--_Thursday, October 21, 1858._
BLUE BELL.--Two.--I am deeply grateful, and much happier for the knowledge of * * * * *’s continued kindness and good opinion. You can communicate all except the actual means to her. I do not doubt ---- trustworthiness, but a look or a gesture might unwittingly betray, and invoke consequences which would be frightful. Well. Again in a few days. I have so much to say, the loss of the expected means is miserable, though not unexpected.--L.
976.--_Tuesday, November 2, 1858._
AU CONTRAIRE, long expected Y O M is not such an uncertain bird that some indications of his flight would not be observable. Have more confidence.
977.--_Tuesday, November 2, 1858._
CONSTANTIA.--One.--Your efforts cannot but meet my warmest approbation. One of my dearest hopes was to have shared in this, but trust may help to finish. . . . . .’s kindness, merits, and receives my warmest gratitude--say this from me. Something may be made of the excursion you name. Think, and I will also. The separation from B. B. is becoming unendurable to L. Each day heavier than the last. A meeting must be managed. Well. About 4th November.
978.--_Saturday, November 6, 1858._
SO BE IT, MARIE, God bless you! 10th and 11th if possible, which is earlier than I said, if I am able to leave home. The trial is terrible. You act nobly. You know some dates, please to use them. All’s well. Ever your--.--Nov. 5.
979.--_Monday, November 8, 1858._
LAURA.--The choice rose has drooped this year--the petals will become dry, but still retain the aroma--some of the branches are a little out of cultivation--the stem is degenerating. The otto from the damask rose will ever retain its fragrance--all extraneous perfumes nauseate. Thanks for the liberal offer, which is gratefully declined. As before.
980.--_Tuesday, November 9, 1858._
CONSTANTIA.--Letters have been sent which have not come to your hands. Write and say where one can be sent safely. You may depend on me.
981.--_Wednesday, November 10, 1858._
VIOLET.--Great caution is now necessary. L.’s movements are known. Patience and faith. Well. In a few days. Your brother does not wish to offend. London, Nov. 9, 1858.
982.--_Thursday, November 11, 1858._
STANDLYNCH, 1811, the Comet: Paris, E. Ct., 1858, the Comet!
983.--_Tuesday, November 16, 1858._
BLUE BELL.--Is anything wrong? It seems such a terrible time since I heard. Pray write soon as can. The notice (C) on Tuesday was not mine--V was. There is one kind friend who will do all he can to effect a reconciliation if opportunity offers. I fancy kinder feelings exist towards me than we think. Do write.--London, November 12, 1858.
984.--_Wednesday, November 17, 1858._
TWENTY-FIVE.--Ich grüsse dich recht herzlich, und denke nur an dich.
985.--_Friday, November 19, 1858._
J. S. deceased.--Brentford, C. A.--The Clue.--Bartholomew accepts. The most binding legal engagement will be entered into. Write at once, as last, to Furnival’s-inn, and appoint interview.
986.--_Saturday, November 20, 1858._