You know well that no personal interest guides me in my exertions; I am in fact bored with being here, and shall ever regret to have remained in these regions, when I might so easily have gone myself to the Orient, the great object of my predilection.
I never shall advise anything which would be against the interests and honour of yourself, your Government, or your country, in which I have so great a stake myself.

The great thing now is _not to refuse to negotiate_ with France, even if it should end in nothing.

Still for the King Louis Philippe there is an _immense strength_ and facility in that word "_nous negocions_"; with this he may get over the opening of the session, and this once done, one may hope to come to a conclusion.
Since I wrote to Lord Melbourne to-day, I have received a letter from the King, of the 19th, _i.e._ yesterday, in which he tells me, "_Pourvu qu'il y ait, pour commencer, des negociations, cela me donne une grande force._" I have written yesterday to him most fully a letter he may show Thiers also concerning the armaments.

I think that my arguments will make some impression on Thiers.

The King writes me word that by dint of great exertion he had brought Thiers to be more moderate.