XXXIV. Mr. De Courcy to Lady Susan

by Jane Austen

　　--- HotelI write only to bid you farewell, the spell is removed; I see you as youare. Since we parted yesterday, I have received from indisputable authoritysuch a history of you as must bring the most mortifying conviction of theimposition I have been under, and the absolute necessity of an immediateand eternal separation from you. You cannot doubt to what I allude.Langford! Langford! that word will be sufficient. I received my informationin Mr. Johnson's house, from Mrs. Mainwaring herself. You know how I haveloved you; you can intimately judge of my present feelings, but I am not soweak as to find indulgence in describing them to a woman who will glory inhaving excited their anguish, but whose affection they have never been ableto gain.R. DE COURCY.