Volume 1, Letter 21: To Eloisa

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌⁠How was I tormented in receiving the letter which I so impatiently expected! I waited at the post-house. The mail was scarce opened before I gave in my name, and begun to importune the man. He told me there was a letter for me; my heart leaped; I asked for it with great impatience, and at last received it. O Eloisa! how I rejoiced to behold the well-known hand! A thousand times would I have kissed