d from all which he holds dear in this world. He has
no thoughts separated from your love, and your interest. They are
united with his; one fate, one destiny, he assures me, awaits you
both. What can I say more? Only, to kiss his child for him: and love
him as truly, sincerely, and faithfully, as he does you; which is,
from the bottom of his soul. He desires, that you will more and more
attach yourself to dear Lady Hamilton.

II.

See LETTER XXXVI. Page 135.

My Dearest Beloved * * * *,

To say, that I think of you by day, night, and all day, and all night,
but too faintly express my feelings of love and affection towards you
* * * * * * * * * * unbounded affection. Our dear excellent, good * *
* * * * * is the only one who knows any thing of the matter; and she
has promised me, when you * * * * * * again, to take every possible
care of you, as a proof of her never-failing regard for your own dear
Nelson. Believe me, that I am incapable of wronging you, in thought,
word, or deed. No; not all the wealth of Peru could buy me for one
moment: it is all your's, and reserved wholly for you; and * * *
certainly * * * * * * * * * from the first moment of our happy,
dear, enchanting, blessed meeting. The thoughts of such happiness, my
dearest only beloved, makes the blood fly into my head. The call
of our country, is a duty which you would, deservedly, in the cool
moments of reflection, reprobate, was I to abandon: and I should feel
so disgraced, by seeing you ashamed of me! No longer saying--"This is
the man who has saved his country! This is he who is the first to go
forth to fight our battles, and the last to return!" And, then, all
these honours reflect on you. "Ah!" they will think; "what a man! what
sacrifices has he not made, to secure our homes and property; even the
society and happy union with the finest and most accomplished woman
in the world." As you love, how must you feel! My heart is with you,
cherish it. I shall, my best beloved, return--if it pleases God--a
victor; and it shall be my study to transmit an unsullied name. There
is no desire of wealth, no ambition, that could keep me from all my
soul holds dear. No; it is to save my country, my wife in the eye of
God, and * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * will tell you
that it is all right: and, then, only think of our happy meeting.

Ever, for ever, I am your's, only your's, even beyond this world,

NELSON & BRONTE.

For ever, for eve