[Paris]
47, Rue de Cherche-Midi
March 31st/69
My dear Mamma,
I would have written yesterday er the day before but the little Turk of a
Foucha won't let one do anything but nurse him, or if he be asleep in his
gradle admire his good looks.—No, but
really, I’ ve never seen such a lovely
child. He has a sweet little face, most beautiful eyes & mouth, the nose too
is not so bad as they made it, & his forehead is immense! Just like
Papa’s.—He is also wonderfully good-tempered
& if he begins to cry, one need only let him suck your finger, or thump his
little belly, & he quits in a minute. As to his teeth he really
is cutting them, for you can see them quite plainly.—I took him into bed with me
for two hours this morning, & he behaved himself beautifully.—
We have had very bad weather, but today I think there’s a prospect of its
clearing up. On Sunday evening we went to the fair of the "
Pain d'épis"
"Pain d’épices"
. It was very amusing at first, but when we came out of a little
theatre, it was snowing dreadfully hard, & the worst of it was we had to
walk an immensely long way before we got a cab.
[On Monday we went to the "Gymnase" & saw a piece of
Sardou entitled "Séraphine"]Nach D (S. 46 Anm.
2) wurde „Séraphine“ am 29. Dezember 1868 im Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris
uraufgeführt.. It is really a very nice piece & was
beautifully acted. Yesterday
Sassonoff
came to see Paul. He’s wonderfully improved
in looks, & is now very
hansom
handsome
.—Paul, Jenny & I also walked
about Paris & looked at the shops.—But talking about
Fouchtra, & what we’ve been doing
here I've quite forgotten to tell you about a very queer adventure that happened
to us when coming from a station where we changed carriages.—It is an
adventure worthy of only three persons, "Harry Lorrequer", "Handy
Andy"["]Jenny Marx"dreifach unterstrichen.. We had, as
I’ve already told you, to change carriages, & Jenny instead of getting into
a "Ladies", got into a "Smoking"
Carriage. Presently, of course several gentlemen got in, principally
French got
it. One had also spectacles for the prevention of sea-sickness! Did you ever
hear of such a
think
thing
. Our boxes were not opened at all, Jenny was only asked if they were
for her own use.—Paul & Laura met us at the station.—Both look
very well. As to Paul I shouldn’t have known him again. He has grown
a great thick beard, & looks so queer with it. I liked him much better
without beard than with.
Madame
Santi their servant is very
aimiable
amiable
though very confused, & rather cracked.—Laura was so pleased
with the little frocks for Foucha, she
thought they were beautifully made.—Their rooms are very small after ours
but still they are very nice.—Their furniture is splendid, though they
haven’t got furniture for Paul’s room.—I hope Helen hasn’t forgotten about the "Irishman".
Now, dear Mama, good-bye. I am going to nurse
Foucha, so must finish at once.—With thousands of kisses for yourself,
Papa, & Helen & also my other friends.
Believe me to be
Your
Eleanor
They all send their love to you.