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My dear Marianne-
The occupation of yesterday was a drive to Cambermer, the bourg, a large village of the district, the name of which is on M. de Witt’s carts. It is about as large as Hursley apparently, and has a church with a good old Norman tower, but the body horridly bad modern. However, it was the girls’ school that we went to see, it being the only one not yet broken up for the ... continue reading
Dear Mr Macmillan I have a story within three or four short chapters of completion, which I should like to mention in case it should come within the scope of any autumn arrangements.
I think the title might be ‘A Release’. It is founded on a story that Guizot once told me that Mongolfier, the aëronaut gained the affections of a noble young lady, whose parents forced her to become a nun. She appealed to the ... continue reading