I know not what your
engagements are; but I say to myself, Why not come at once, and
rest a little from your sea-changes, before going farther? In
six hours you can be out of the unstable waters, and sitting in
your own room here. You shall not be bothered with talk till you
repose; and you shall have plenty of it, hot and hot, when the
appetite does arise in you. "No. 5 Great Cheyne Row, Chelsea":
come to the "London Terminus," from any side; say these magic
words to any Cabman, and by night or by day you are a welcome
apparition here,--foul befall us otherwise! This is the fact:
what more can I say? I make my affidavit of the same; and
require you in the name of all Lares and Penates, and Household
Gods ancient and modern which are sacred to men, to consider it
and take brotherly account of it!--
Shall we hear of you, then, in a day or two: shall we not
perhaps see you in a day or two! That depends on the winds and
the chances; but our affection is independent of such. Adieu;
_au revoir,_ it now is! Come soon; come at once.
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