now

⁠—it is genuine chestnut⁠—a dark, glossy chestnut; and when I put my large cashmere about him, there was as fine a young bey, dey, or pacha improvised as you would wish to see.

It was good entertainment; but only half-enjoyed, since I was alone:

you

should have been there.

In due time my lord awoke: the looking-glass above the fireplace soon intimated to him his plight: as you may imagine, I now live under threat and dread of vengeance.

But to come to the gist of my letter. I know Thursday is a half-holiday in the

Rue Fossette

: be ready, then, by five in the afternoon, at which hour I will send the carriage to take you out to

La Terrasse