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(2) of being mislaid. I could not answer your letter at once, as I was not prepared to answer your questions in regard to
Mother's? afrairs, as I went to illegible the final opportunity to see David, knowing that he understood more fully how she
stood in regard to money matters. he told me that you had already written to him, also to Mother, and that he had sent you
all the required information. mother is looking real well just now. her manner of living is simple, and easy. she is like
you, she must have her illegible and milk in the morning, goes out to dinner at an eating-house kept by an Edingurgh Scotchman
near her home, and for supper she takes just a morsel of something, or often nothing at all, thinking she can sleep better
without it. so as not to disarrange her plans, we (3) send C illegible to dinner at the same place, with her, and I prepare,
and send in provisions for her other meals. she has a washerwoman come to the house when required. so you see Mother keeps
house in the easiest manner possible. You said you had not heard from Annie for some time. My last letter from her illegible
the most cheering account of her health that we have had since she left us. she says she is decidedly better, she coughs much
less frequently, and is no longer hoarse. also she feels a little stronger, and hopes to gain in that direction much faster
when the weather is so that she can spend more time out of doors. Anna had letter from her last week she thinks she will be
able to go to illegible City