Volume 1, Letter 22: From Eloisa

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​⁠At last, the ice is broken: you have been mentioned. Notwithstanding your poor opinion of my learning, it was sufficient to surprize my father; nor was he less pleased with my progress in music and drawing: Indeed, to the great astonishment of my mother, who was prejudiced by your scandal, [1] he was satisfied with my improvement in every thing, except heraldry, which he thinks I have neglected. B