Volume 1, Letter 9: From Eloisa

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌⁠I comprehend you: the pleasures of vice, and the reward of virtue, would just constitute the felicity you wish to enjoy. Are these your morals? Truly, my good friend, your generosity had a short duration. Is it possible that it could be entirely the effect of art? There is something droll, however, in complaining of my health. Was it that you hoped to see it entirely destroyed by my ridiculous pas