It consisted of the following papers: Three letters, in a female
hand, commencing "My dear brother," and terminating with "Thy
loving sister, Elise;" part of a diploma from a gymnasium, or high
school, certifying that [here the name was cut out] had
successfully passed his examination, and was competent to
teach,--and here again, whether by accident or design, the paper
was torn off; a note, apparently to a jeweller, ordering a certain
gold ring to be delivered to "Otto," and signed " B. V. H.;" a
receipt from the package-post for a box forwarded to Warsaw, to the
address of Count Ladislas Kasincsky; and finally a washing-list, at
the bottom of which was written, in pencil, in a trembling hand:
"May God protect thee! But do not stay away so very long."
In the second collection, relating to Poland, I found the
following: Six orders in Russian and three in French, requesting
somebody to send by "Jean" sums of money, varying from two to eight
hundred rubles. These orders were in the same hand, and all signed
"Y." A charming letter in French, addressed "cher ami," and
declining, in the most delicate and tender way, an offer of
marriage made to the sister of the writer, of whose signature only
"Amelie de" remained, the family name having been torn off.
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