She called me papa,
and I called her daughter, and these names, which we still give to
each other, will, I hope, continue to be as dear to her as they are to
me. That my laces might be of some utility, I gave them to my young
female friends at their marriages, upon condition of their suckling
their children; Isabella's eldest sister had one upon these terms, and
well deserved it by her observance of them; Isabella herself also
received another, which, by intention, she as fully merited. She has
not been happy enough to be able to pursue her inclination. When I
sent the laces to the two sisters, I wrote each of them a letter;
the first has been shown about in the world; the second has not the
same celebrity: friendship proceeds with less noise.
Amongst the connections I made in my neighborhood, of which I will
not enter into a detail, I must mention that with Colonel Pury, who
had a house upon the mountain, where he came to pass the summer. I was
not anxious to become acquainted with him, because I knew he was
upon bad terms at court, and with the lord marshal, whom he did not
visit. Yet, as he came to see me, and showed me much attention, I
was under the necessity of returning his visit; this was repeated, and
we sometimes dined with each other. At his house I became acquainted
with M. du Perou, and afterwards too intimately connected with him
to pass his name over in silence.
M. du Perou was an American, son to a commandant of Surinam, whose
successor, M.
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