Portland, August 20, 184-.
`I have scarcely time, my dear friend to write you a few lines. To-morrow
will be celebrated my marriage! The ceremony will be limited
to a few friends to be present in the church; as this privacy will
be more appropriate with my condition as an orphan, especially so, as
the parents of my husband will not be present. I have already told
you that Henry, on the subject of matrimony, was a most incorrigible
rebel, whom it has been my good fortune to compel to submission.—
Yet he shows still, from time to time, symptoms of insurrection; but his
love for me represses them.
`Here ends the last letter you will ever receive from Louise Lintot!
Mrs. Howard will write you to-morrow, although it may be no more
than a word after the ceremony has been performed.
Yours truly,
LOUISE LINTOT.
