Letters of Prosper Mérimée to Panizzi

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IV. Cannes, December 5, 1857. My Dear Panizzi, I came away from Paris a few days ago to see if I could find the sun here, close to Italy, and, as is my wont, I have left undone a hundred things I ought to have done before my departure. The most important of these was to thank you, on Cousin's behalf, for...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IV. Cannes, December 5, 1857. My Dear Panizzi, I came away from Paris a few days ago to see if I could find the sun here, close to Italy, and, as is my wont, I have left undone a hundred things I ought to have done before my departure. The most important of these was to thank you, on Cousin's behalf, for the letter from Lord Spencer, and, further, to bother you once more about the mistresses adored by that mighty philosopher. He dreams now of nothing but Julie d'Angennes, and he has commissioned me to obtain from you, or, rather, from Lord Spencer, replies to the following questions: ? Does the picture in Lord Spencer's possession show the bust only of Julie d'Angennes, Duchesse de Montausier, or is she taken down to the waist ? Is she thin or plump ? Is her hair dark or fair, and are her eyes black or blue ? Does the portrait give any idea of her figure and height ? If you can give me this information with the chapter{{Section 4scrupulous exactness of an Austrian gendarme (you have bis robe de chambre) you will oblige me immensely by sending it here, as I expect M. Cousin shortly. He is complaining of his chest; his passions for the lovely dead, at all events, do not tax his constitution. Good-bye, my dear Panizzi. My breathing is rather bad, but I have already derived some benefit from this delightful climate. I wish you would come and try it. Paris, January 25, 1858. My Dear Panizzi, I have been wanting to write to you for some time past, but I have been so much worried that I had not the courage. You are the cause of all my torments, you and your infernal library. M. Fould cannot sleep for thinking about it; he wishes to have one, too, and, like Mercutio, I exclaim, A plague on both your houses For the last few days I have been presiding o...