Your favor of the 10th. Instant was left at my lodgings the day after I had parted for Troyes, from which place I returned on Saturday last, but found myself too much fatigued to write you, & Mayo by the same Post, and as Mayo’s situation deprives him of much Company I gave him the preference, knowing that you would dispense with my writing you immediately, when I had so good a reason to alledge in my excuse. Mayo’s situation, my dear Classmate, allarmes me & from your Letter I conceive him to be in a dangerous way—I wish he could be prevail’d upon to leave Paris, as the Air of that city is not sufficiently pure for weakly persons. I shall see him before I leave France, and I will if in my power persuade him to leave Paris. Foulke is, as I imagine, as yet in the Metropolis, but I am not very sure, as I have not heard from him lately.

How lucky, my dear Friend, were your Grandfather and your self in your escape from the Opera the loss I am told is considerable, but, I suppose it is much exaggerated. You ask whether my Interest in America might not suffer if I passed into England, I candidly answer that I conceive it would, unless such a step was authorized by your Grandfathers permission, without which be assured that I should not go further than Holland. I will not, my dear Franklin, detain you any longer from your [torn] & other functions, which other, I doubt [torn] by much the most agreeable, you wil[l there]fore be good enough to make your Grandfather my most respectful Compliments & believe me to be with much esteem Yours assuredly