Volume 1, Letter 18: To Eloisa

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠I received your present, I departed without taking leave, and am now a considerable distance from you. Am I sufficiently obedient? Is your tyranny satisfied?

I can give you no account of my journey; for I remember nothing more than that I was three days in travelling twenty leagues. Every step I took seemed to tear my soul from my body, and thus to anticipate the pain of death. I intended to have g