Chapter 39: March

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌⁠I have tendered my resignation to the court. I hope it will be accepted, and you will forgive me for not having previously consulted you. It is necessary I should leave this place. I know all you will urge me to stay, and therefore I beg you will soften this news to my mother. I am unable to do anything for myself: how, then, should I be competent to assist others? It will afflict her that I shoul