She seems to be pleased with her _sejour_ here, and inclined in fact to remain rather than to go on; but I am sure, when once in Germany she will be both pleased and interested by it.

It will amuse you to hear from herself her own impressions.
I cannot help to add a few political lines.

I regret much, I must confess, that the idea of a dissolution has gained ground, and I will try to show in a very few words why I am against it.
In politics, a great rule ought to be to rule with the things which one _knows already_, and not to jump into something entirely new of which no one can do more _than guess the consequences._ The present Parliament has been elected at a moment most favourable to the present Administration after a most popular accession to the throne, everything new and fresh, and with the natural fondness of the great mass of people, a change is always popular; it was known that you were kindly disposed towards your Ministers, everything was therefore _a souhait_ for the election of a new Parliament.

In this respect Ministers have nothing like the favourable circumstances which smiled upon them at the last general election.

Feeling this, they raise a cry, which may become popular and embarrass their antagonists about _cheap_ bread! I do not think this is quite befitting their dignity; such things do for revolutionaries like Thiers, or my late Ministers....