de Roaldes.

The lady entertained the liveliest gratitude to the poet, who had helped her so nobly in her misfortunes.

On the morning after her first successful appearance at Agen, she addressed to him a letter full of praise and thankfulness.

She ended it thus: "Most amiable poet, I adore your heart, and I do homage to your genius." In a future letter she confessed that the rays of the sun were not less welcome than the rays of his genius, and that her music would have been comparatively worthless but for his poetry.
Towards the end of their joint entertainment she again wrote to him: "You have become, my dear poet, my shower of gold, my heaven-sent manna, while you continue your devotion to my personal interests....

As a poet, I give you all the glory; as a friend, I owe you the affection of my filial heart, the hopes of a better time, and the consolation of my future days...