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Prudence is giving her New Year's presents with those I have received

There is a thaw, and the doctor says that I o out in a few days if

the fine weather continues

January 8

I went out yesterday in e The weather was lovely The

Champs-Elysees was full of people It was like the first s about me had a festal air I never knew before that a

ray of sunshine could contain so much joy, sweetness, and consolation

I met almost all the people I knew, all happy, all absorbed in their

pleasures How many happy people don't even know that they are happy!

Olyiven her She

tried to insult me by her look She little kno far I as now A nice felloho time, asked me

if I would have supper with him and one of his friends, who, he said,

was very anxious to ave hi with fever I never saw such an astonished countenance

I ca out

has done ht of the

life and happiness of others gives a desire of life to those who, only

the night before, in the solitude of their soul and in the shadow of