text:  And that passion born of a sympathy of tastes and sentiments had grown in mystery--a secret correspondence was its aliment and interpreter--a delicious correspondence--where the Demoiselle de Surcourt knew how to combine the sallies of imagination with the soft outpourings of the soul or the burning expressions of her love! Pardon the Sieur Lebrun if he transcribes a few passages from her letters; Madame Lebrun above all ought to excuse him