MS location unknown. Printed in Coleridge, Life, p. 261
My dear Marianne-
You will like to see poor Aunt Jane’s (Mrs. Harris) letter about dear George, who has done more in his thirty-seven years than most people in twice the time.1 There must be a most fearful blank at St. Luke’s. Only think of his having led to the building of three churches, with most energetic constant services. I hope those two little children will grow up worthy of him. What does Miss Poole say of M. Guizot? We hear by side winds that what has really broken him down was the finding that his son had allowed the Emperor to pay his debts; he tried to return the money, but the executors could not take it, and now he is said to be in a lethargic state.2 I thought the last note I had from Mme. de Witt was a very unhappy one; she said ‘il a trop souffert,’ and hoped he would be better when she got him into the country. No time for more–
Your most affectionate
C. M. YONGE.