It grieved me so much to grieve him who has been so true, kind, and disinterested a friend.

At parting he gave me a kind of diploma certifying my abilities as a teacher, sealed with the seal of the Athenee Royal, of which he is professor.

I was surprised also at the degree of regret expressed by my Belgian pupils, when they knew I was going to leave.

I did not think it had been in their phlegmatic nature.

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