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LETTERS. 17d
of which has been so full of uneasiness, but which, through
you and Agatha, became so beneficial to Hedda. I have
done the least of us all for her; but I have loved her truly,
and the influence she has had upon me shall never be for-
gotten.
SrocxHoim, 21st December, 1837.
Now, my dear Charlotte ! I will sit down aud write a tol-
erably long letter to you, and at the same time thank you
sincerely for yours. Thank God, that you and your hus-
band are in good health, and have good courage to en-
counter all the evening parties which you will have to go
through! I should be terrified if I were you. But I would
gladly taste your delicious suppers. I declared myself de-
cidedly in favor of “ Zampa ;” our mother was in favor of
the roasted blackcocks; and Agatha, the little greedy one,
declared her desire to have a taste of every thing.
I have had the pleasure of seeing Geijer several times
of late. It is indeed a great pleasure to me, and I must
tell you all about a little féte which we had arranged for
him last week. I had written a little play, which was to be
acted by Frances, Agatha, and myself. I had procured some
beautiful flowers; a few friends were invited to tea, and
amougst’them “le héros de la féte,” Geijer, who came kind
and cheerful, very different from what he is said to be gen-
erally in society. When the company had assembled, and
we had conversed a little while, the folding-doors to the
dining-room were thrown open, and there the little scéne
was acted, of which I am now going to give you a sketch.
A good, but somewhat old-fashioned aunt finds her nieces
reading, the one Geijer’s “ History of the Swedes,” the
other, his “ Poems.” She gives them a scolding for it;
condemuis ladies’ reading history and poetry; abuses Geijer,
and soon. The nieces defend him and his writings; show
the influence of both upon the mind and upon life ; many
witty and many grave things are said; and ultimately the
aunt allows herself to be convinced, gives her nieces per-
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