To Mr.  Moreau, Physician, etc.

Paris, December 4, 1818. 

Dear Sir,

I received with pleasure the verbal reply you made to the bearer of my letter last November 16. Although I would have liked a written reply from you, I am no less sensitive to your honest actions; I believe I deserve them, and I would like to have a conversation with you to convince you of this. Please come and see me, as you have given me hope. I do not doubt your good intentions toward me, and I rely on the account that I have just been given.

I therefore ask you, sir, to please indicate the day and time you would like to grant me a visit, visible or invisible, whichever you’re more comfortable with; you will make the first visit as pleasant to me as the second will be painful. In the first case, I will always regard you as a friend; but in the second, as the most cruel of my enemies.

I have the honor to be,
M.B.