My dear Arthur Aimée Leroy is at Ilfracombe at this moment. I don’t know how soon she comes home, but a letter would find her in a few days. The person who could do the thing best of all is Miss Roberts, author of Mademoiselle Mori but she is abroad and last time I heard of her, she was in Corsica. I think I could do the thing for you, a good deal by ... continue reading

My dear Arthur Humbert was the name of the Dolphin. I did not know I had put it ambiguously. There was a Dauphin in Auvergne and in Montpensier, till the last turned into a Duke. They did bear dolphins, but I don’t think anyone knows whether the arms came from the dolphin or the dolphin from the title. I will either put in the name Humbert or join Count-dauphin with a hyphen ... continue reading