mor,_ or as it were _hidden laughter,_ not noticed
heretofore.

My Wife and all the rest of us are well; and do all salute you
with our true wishes, and the hope to have you here again before
long. Do not bother yourself with other than voluntary writing
to me, while there is so much otherwise that you are obliged to
write. If on any point you want advice, information, or other
help that lies within the limits of my strength, command me, now
and always. And so Good be with you; and a happy meeting to us
soon again.

Yours ever truly,
T. Carlyle

CXXIX. Carlyle to Emerson

Chelsea, 30 November, 1847

Dear Emerson,--Here is a word for you from Miss Fuller; I send
you the Cover also, though I think there is little or nothing in
that. It contained another little Note for Mazzini; who is
wandering in foreign parts, on paths unknown to me at present.
Pray send my regards to Miss Fuller, when you write.

We hear of you pretty often, and of your successes with the
Northern populations. We hope for you in London again before
long.--I am busy, if at all, altogether _inarticulately_ in these
days. My respect for _silence,_ my distrust of _Speech,_ seem to
grow upon me. There is a time for both, says Solomon; but we,
in our poor generation, have forgotten one of the "times."

Here is a Mr. Forster* of Rawdon, or Bradford, in Yorkshire; our
late host in the Autumn time; who expects and longs to be yours
when you come into those parts.

I am busy with William Conqueror's _Domesday Book_ and with the
commentaries of various blockheads on it:--Ah me!

All good be with you, and happy news from those dear to you.

Yours ever,
T. Carlyle

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* Now the Rt. Hon. W E. Forster, M.P.
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CXXX. Emerson to Carlyle

2 Fenny Street, Higher Broughton, Manchester
28 December, 1847

Dear Carlyle,--I am concerned to discover that Margaret Fuller in
the letter which you forwarded prays me to ask you and Mrs.
Carlyle respecting the Count and Countess Pepoli, who are in Rome
for the winter, whether they would be good for her to know?--That
is pretty nearly the form of her question. As one third of the
winter is gone, and one half will be, before her question can be
answered, I fear, it will have lost some of its pertinence.
Well, it will serve as a token to pass between us, which will
please me if it do not Margaret.--I have had nothing to send you
tidings of. Yet I