RANDOLPH TO SARAH.
I have obtained the child. It is now in my house, together
with its nurse. The enclosed note is directed to
you: and, I have just received some remarks upon the education
of children; which, at some future day, are to be
submitted to you. He thinks of leaving the country: and
if so, these regulations, if there be any good in them,
may be of value. He is in very bad health: and,
has the appearance of one, kept alive, and in motion, by
a continual effort. If he rest, for a moment, he becomes
immovable. A settled melancholy is upon him; and, he
appears sufficiently conscious of his danger, to make
considerable exertion, for the re-establishment of his
health;—and yet, as if it were a matter of duty, rather to
others, than to himself; for, there is a cold, continual,
phlegmatick indifference about him, in every movement.
He read your letter—was silent, for some moments; and
then wrote, with a pencil, the following billet; adding,
at the same time, that the child and nurse should be ready
for me, in two hours, if they were well. In two
hours, precisely, a carriage stopped at my door; and
they appeared. To-morrow, or next day, I shall set
out for New York, when I hope to show you the loveliest
little creature, that you ever set your eyes upon.
