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How wretched & mis-
erable the beginning
of this New Year
would be if this
really were so; but
I think it is owing
more to the quantity
of opium she has
to take at night
than anything else.
Only another day
here, as on Saturday
I leave this early
& start for Paris
with Albert that evening.
Sunday. Jun 20th (Nice)
On Friday Jan 4th
Skated in the morg.
in the pond near
the dairy. The Mal-
colms (the General
& Georgiana) came
in the eveg. I pumped
him a good deal
about his acquainance
with the Duke (whom
he seems to have known
pretty well during
the last years of his life)
he told me several