LETTER VIII

_Monday Night [Paris, Dec. 30, 1793]._ My best love, your letter to-night was particularly grateful to my heart, depressed by the letters I received by ----, for he brought me several, and the parcel of books directed to Mr. ---- was for me. Mr. ----'s letter was long and very affectionate; but the account he gives me of his own affairs, though he obviously makes the best of them, has vexed me. A melancholy letter from my sister ---- has also harrassed my mind--that from my brother would have given me sincere pleas…