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Dahabeah Dongola. Feb. 4. My dear friend Just as I was beginning to write, your greeting of January 6th came. It was good
to have it. There is nothing better than the love of friends in this blundering world is there? It keeps our hearts warm.
I'd like to think of you away from a lonely den and by the fireside of some home you enjoy. But then I'd like too, to appear
in your study and have us sit by the fire, make coffee on the coals, and have a good talk I can't express to you all I
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