Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Edgeworth from La Celle St Cloud - the Stricklands - breakfast at Passy with the Delesserts - description of the Château de La Celle - the cabinet with 'singerie' decoration - Beatrice Terray - dress - Prony - Madame de Boigne - way of life at La Celle - M. and Madame de Vindé - the carriage - Malmaison - St Germains - hearing Mass - hydraulic ram - M. Gibbert - return to Paris - Prony's anecdotes - logarithm tables - (from Place Bourbon) - political disturbances - tracing of a 'singerie' design