It had been purely jealousy that made her write to Paris so touchingly, asking him to come backvague fears that, if he were so depressed in Spain, perhaps he might try by amusements to forget her in Paris.

Though Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Morris differed so widely respecting the Marquis's genius, Mr. Morris still clung to his opinion, so that Madame de Lafayette, with wifely jealousy and feminine intuition, perceiving something of his mental attitude toward her husband, received him but coldly when he called with Calvert to pay his respects at the hôtel on the Quai du Louvre.