which will occupy at least a week. I quite forgot what expressions I used in reference to scandal. My expression is that I merely alluded to it as a vice to be carefully avoided without ever imagining that you were addicted to it, indeed without your assurance such an idea would never have occurred to me. The lovely weather we have got in the country reminds me that you had some idea of amusing yourself by doing a little towards improving the flowers in the garden. I really wish you would. It is such a delightful healthy occupation. What can be more pleasing to a young lady than indulging in those simple recreations that refresh the mind and generate sentiments of thankfulness and love towards a