to do things to enough [there is an evident bungle here]. I shall try and see you soon. Write to me as often as you can. God bless you, thou vo u ce of my heart!” The wise men who had been content to understand this so far, now thought it time that these turtle-doves should know they were not so wise as they supposed, and that their cipher was being read regularly. So on January 6 the Times contained the following:—
FLO.—1821
82374 29 39 84541. 828 8 62 5284 021. 828 544 021
08555 021 84 5536 19 1830 094 327. 8 752 044 021 8557327
8318 0214 6545327 8851 8 82156 7384 12 84 8318 021. 185270 924
0314 5501 541144 8 9454 2218327 811 0495 451322 9423 021 021
544 30 82456 30 5394 30 8294. 1821 3244 1852 5394 95448455 726
85400 021.
And this when read must have caused some feeling of consternation, as it was an