<<<Hannover>>>

Would I, if I could, supplant one of any of the affections that I know to have taken root in you... that great & solemn one, for instance. I feel that if I could get myself remade, as if I turned to gold, I WOULD not even then desire to become more than the mere sitting to that diamond you must always wear. The regard & esteem you now give me, in this letter, & which I press to my heart & bow my head upon, is all I can take & all too embarrassing, using all my gratitude.