P.A. Aug 2d. 1815
My dear sister
To my many letters you still remain silent, which is a source of real uneasiness to me. Every mail I hope to hear from you, and every mail brings disappointment. Surely you could get someone inform me of your health, and your plans. I am confin’d at home, and have been for a fortnight, with a house full of stationary visitors, otherwise I shou’d have gone down to see you on an uncertainty of your being at home even, for I know not where you are. Did you ever receive those articles I sent you from P___a? My father is yet detain’d there, but when he comes he will bring your veil.
My Elizabeth is very well and contented in her situation with Madame Grelaud. I had wished and intended to have paid her a visit this fall but have no one to go with me. On this account understanding that you projected a tour somewhere, I wrote to you to know whether your course was northward, in which case