to your father but I am afraid d'eveiller en lui de triste souvenir so I shall wait a little longer and I suppose he is as contented when I write to you as to himself.
Perimit to thank you for and your father for the praise and rank you made of my abilities I shall always endeavor to satisfy everybody this is if I can If I fail it will not be by want of hard application I devote the whole day in studying. I am sorry I did not apply as I ought to have done when I was a boy your good father often told me I should repent of it and I never took or paid the slightest attention to what he said if I had followed his good advices I should be more informed than I am I regret every moment I lost I wish I had to begin over again my studies. Do you correspond with my sister I wrote to her to do so I do not know if she has fulfilled my request do not wait till she begins. Before I conclude this letter I must let you know how these three memorable days of July 1830 were celebrated[1] there never existed any fete so handsome (I use this word to give the expressing of my idea), 27 July all the churches were covered in black that is the front and inside. Great judgement and taste were displayed in all the decorations that of the Louvre was the most remarkable; a funeral Column placed in the angle next the river attracted attention afar off, and at the tomb a temporary scaffolding covered with black cloth bore inscribed in large white characters, the simple but impressive epitaph Morts pour la Patrie. Behind this scaffolding were placed the musicians of the National Guard and of the line, who executed funeral music throughout the day. In isolated spots in which one or two of the victims were buried the attention of passengers was attracted by simple monuments erected by the friends of the deceased. Service was performd at all the places of religious worship of every persuasion. The pont arcole as the scene of one of the most memorable exploits of the three days was profusely decorated several things I omit in consequence that you have never seen the spots the streets were so crowded that it was impossible to pass on the 28 all the troops and National Guard was reviewed. It is impossible to exaggerate the
- ↑ This was the revolution of July 1830, which brought an end to the reign of Charles X.
