Ileave this place to-morrow, Madame, and shall stop at D— till the seventh; but shall certainly have the pleasure of embracing you in less than ten days. Madame de Limours is less affected at our parting than you can imagine, because she herself is leaving this place for four months. She follows Mons. de Limours, who is to command this year at —, and being about to make a journey of fourscore leagues from Paris, and for the first time, she is so taken up with the preparations for her own departure, that she has no time to think of mine. The Chevalier de Valmont came this afternoon to take his leave of me. Having pressed my hand and killed it, he quitted my apartment without being able to utter a word. He has an excellent heart; it will be a great pity should he do otherwise than well! You can have no conception how it would grieve me. – Adieu, Madame! I hope you will be so good as to give me a dinner the 14th or 15th.