Now that I know my letters to be upon the road, my dear Aza, I enjoy that tranquillity to which I was before a stranger. I am for ever pleasing myself with the imagination of what you will feel in receiving them; I share your transports with you; and my soul admits no ideas but agreeable ones; nothing is now wanting to complete my joy, for peace is restored to this our little society.

The judges have given to Celina that part of her fortune of which her mother had deprived her. She sees her lover every day, and all necessary preparations are making for her marriage. Thus, happy to her utmost wish, her thoughts are employed in a more pleasing manner than quarrelling with me; and I am so happy in the appearance of her friendship, that I do not examine too deeply into the reality of it; for whatever the motives are that cause it, I look upon myself as always indebted to those who assist me in the enjoyment of agreeable sensations.

I felt it this morning in its utmost force, when, by an act of complaisance, she transported me in an instant from a tiresome anxiety to the calmest tranquillity of mind.

A prodigious quantity of stuffs, garments, and trinkets of all kinds had been brought her; and she sent for me into her chamber, to consult me on the different beauties of so many ornaments. She then put together a quantity of those which had most attracted my notice, and bid our Chinas carry them into my apartment, though I strongly opposed it. She at first laughed at my refusal; and the more strongly I declined the present, the more she persisted in forcing me to accept of it, I could then no longer dissemble my uneasiness.

Why, said I to her, (with tears in my eyes) why will you humble me in this manner? I owe to you not only my life, but all that I possess; but this extreme bounty is not at all necessary to keep my misfortunes continually in remembrance.