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Paris
December 18, 1885
My precious darling
Just one more short letter which may perhaps arrive at the same time as myself. I am glad you have abandoned your resistance to my coming. Do you still remember the first compliment I paid to you, the unsuspecting girl, more than 3 1/2 years ago? I said that roses and pearls fall from your lips as with the princess in the fairy tale and that one is left wondering only whether it is goodness or intelligence that has the upper hand with you. This is how you acquired the name of Little Princess. And now that I know you so well I can but uphold the compliment, the aptness of which I could at the time only divine. May things always remain like this between us.
I leave here on Sunday morning at 7:30, and arrive in Hamburg at 6:18. Nothing has happened to change the original arrangements. I am taking with me a traveling bag belonging to the Ricchettis, probably a rug of theirs as well, the small English handbag, nothing else. Box and trunk are packed and will be stored with them.
I am bringing nothing but some candy for the children and some tiny trifles for the rest of you. In Cologne I will also buy a bottle of eau de cologne for Mama….
Yesterday I had one more interview with Charcot, during which he very obligingly yielded to all the demands of the publisher. The whole thing is now safe and settled. I have written to the publisher and expect to receive his offer of a fee in Wandsbek.