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JULY 25.

Yes, dear Charlotte! I will order and arrange everything. Only give me more

commissions,  the  more  the  better.  One  thing,  however,  I  must  request:  use  no

more  writing-sand  with  the  dear  notes  you  send  me.  Today  I  raised  your  letter

hastily to my lips, and it set my teeth on edge.

JULY 26.

I have often determined not to see her so frequently. But who could keep such

a resolution? Every day I am exposed to the temptation, and promise faithfully

that tomorrow I will really stay away: but, when tomorrow comes, I find some

irresistible reason for seeing her; and, before I can account for it, I am with her

again.  Either  she  has  said  on  the  previous  evening  “You  will  be  sure  to  call

tomorrow,”    —    and  who  could  stay  away  then?    —    or  she  gives  me  some

commission, and I find it essential to take her the answer in person; or the day is

fine, and I walk to Walheim; and, when I am there, it is only half a league farther

to  her.  I  am  within  the  charmed  atmosphere,  and  soon  find  myself  at  her  side.

My  grandmother  used  to  tell  us  a  story  of  a  mountain  of  loadstone.  When  any

vessels  came  near  it,  they  were  instantly  deprived  of  their  ironwork:  the  nails

flew  to  the  mountain,  and  the  unhappy  crew  perished  amidst  the  disjointed

planks.