Mons. d’ Ostalis is named Ambassador to ***. He sets out in two months, and his wife attends him. Far from exacting such a sacrifice, he pressed Madame d’ Ostalis to remain in France; but, doubtless, he was certain she would listen only to her duty! … Yes, such is the duty of a wife! She must without hesitation quit her friends, her family, her mother, to follow her husband. Adelaide may one day be called upon perhaps to perform these same duties! … This cruel thought deprives me of my only consolation … Madame d’ Ostalis rends my heart, when she says Adelaide remains to you. Alas! who can assure me she will always remain? What a melancholy Summer will this be to me! Mons. d’ Almane and Theodore set out in six weeks; and I, a fortnight after, shall fix myself at S***, on that little estate we have six leagues from Paris; where I shall stay till the beginning of November. Adieu, Madame; – pity me … You know better than any body how much I ought to suffer at this time.