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THE AUNT TO HER NIECES. (Dictated.)

“What is the good of much dissembling towards those with whom one has to

spend  one’s  life!  Lenardo  with  all  his  peculiarities  deserves  confidence.  I  am

sending him both your letters; from them he will learn to know you, and I trust

the  rest  of  us  will  unconsciously  seize  an  opportunity  as  soon  as  possible  of

presenting ourselves before him in the same way. Farewell! I am in great pain.”

HERSILIA TO HER AUNT.

“What  is  the  good  of  dissembling  towards  those  with  whom  we  spend  our

lives! Lenardo is a spoiled nephew. It is abominable, that you should send him

our  letters.  He  will  not  learn  to  know  us  from  them,  and  I  only  wish  for  an

opportunity of presenting myself as soon as possible in another way. You make

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others  suffer  a  great  deal,  whilst  you  suffer  and  are  blind.  A  speedy  recovery

from your pain. There is no remedy for your love.”