Mary Wollstonecraft's Love Letters to Gilbert Imlay 17Letter 17
18
Literature · Romance
Mary Wollstonecraft's Love Letters to Gilbert Imlay 17
Letter 17
WollstonecraftEnglish
Wednesday Morning [Paris, Feb. 1794].
I only send this as an avant-coureur, without jack-boots, to tell you, that I am again on the wing, and hope to be with you a few hours after you receive it. I shall find you well, and composed, I am sure; or, more properly speaking, cheerful.--What is the reason that my spirits are not as manageable as yours? Yet, now I think of it, I will not allow that your temper is even, though I have promised myself, in order to obtain my own forgiveness, that I will not ruffle it for a long, long time--I am afraid to say never.
Farewell for a moment!--Do not forget that I am driving towards you in person! My mind, unfettered, has flown to you long since, or rather has never left you.
I am well, and have no apprehension that I shall find the journey too fatiguing, when I follow the lead of my heart.--With my face turned to Havre my spirits will not sink--and my mind has always hitherto enabled my body to do whatever I wished.
Yours affectionately,
MARY.
Spotted a mistake or have an idea?
Literature · Romance
Mary Wollstonecraft's Love Letters to Gilbert Imlay 18
