"'Nor would she hesitate to address him more frequently if she had not from long experience proved how little impression anything she writes or says is permitted to make either in his life or conversation, having no reason to imagine the slightest alteration has taken place in his worldly feelings from the moment she first beheld him to the present--on which account God seems to think proper to restrain her pen, and address--thus preventing her from being subject to receiving Notes as formal as they are unsatisfactory, the loss of which she cannot,--does not regret, being happier, infinitely happier when allowed by her gracious Heavenly Father to indulge in, and enjoy her former as well as present loved occupations. Yet when HE thinks proper to make her do either, she submits, and only then--as the pleasure once enjoyed on such occasions has long since fled, giving place to others more satisfying. "'Miss J. does not for a single moment by the above acknowledgments mean to offend or displease His Grace which were she to find him labouring under any _serious_ afflictions either of body or mind she trusts her conduct would prove, as in the hour of necessity her desire would be to afford him comfort and consolation: and since he is so public a character as to insure such circumstances being _generally_ known Miss J. trusts they will be obliged to meet her eye or ear whenever God thinks proper to occasion the one or the other--which HE _can_ do at any moment, and to any extent, and WILL _if His Holy Name can be magnified thereby_.' "I have underlined the above just as forwarded to His Grace. "The Duke's next letter is dated Oct. 6th, in which he writes--'He returns his thanks for her letter of Saturday just received' also the next, dated Oct. 11th contains his thanks. "In the Duke's next letter of the 12th of Oct. he writes--'He returns many thanks for her letter of the 10th inst.,' and his letter of the 14th of Oct. acknowledges another from me. "In the Duke's letter of Nov. 1st he writes 'The Duke is unable to give any other answer to Miss J.'s letters excepting His thanks for taking the trouble of writing them.' "The next is dated Nov. 7th also containing his thanks, followed by one of the 15th, the last of that year." CHAPTER VII. ASPIRATIONS AND REBUFFS. "The first letter I find for this year is dated Aug. 21st 1838 which I see contains an Enclosure of three sheets addressed to Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, sent for the Duke's perusal, also to be delivered by him into Her Majesty's hands, which he felt under the necessity of declining, consequently returned it to me--having written therein as follows.