The Villa hospitality goes on as usual, and the evening before last we had tea on the terrace by a divine sunset, with a favoring breath or two.

Only even there we wished for Lazarus's finger.
Certainly Florence will not be bearable many days longer.

Write to me though, at Florence as usual....
It is said that Hume, who is back again in Paris and under the shadow of the Emperor's wing, has been the means of an extraordinary manifestation, two spiritual figures, male and female, who were _recognised_ by their friends.

Five or six persons (including the medium) fainted away at this apparition.

It happened in Paris, lately.
Yes, I mistrust the mediums less than I do the spirits who write.