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`` It was good entertainment ; but only half-enjoyed , since I was alone : you should have been there . `` In due time my lord awoke : the looking-glass above the fireplace soon intimated to him his plight : as you may imagine , I now live under threat and dread of vengeance . `` But to come to the gist of my letter . I know Thursday is a half-holiday in the Rue Fossette : be ready , then , by five in the afternoon , at which hour I will send the carriage to take you out to La Terrasse . Be sure to come : you may meet some old acquaintance . Good-by , my wise , dear , grave little god-daughter . -- Very truly yours , `` LOUISA BRETTON . ''