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2 prize it very much am so pleased to have it. I am 'also very glad to have seen the original I m only sorry I s illegible
so little of you, that is the one dis-advantage of being an old maid Had I had a house of my own - I could have entertained
you differently - but 3 I hope now that you have been here seen your relations, we may meet again, perhaps Mrs Muir may
be tempted to come bring her little girls with her. Mrs illegible is going to enclose this in her letter - Should you illegible
my time be sending her. 01741