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2 now the patriach. No man has been there so long. - no woman but Mrs Vilas? . Most of the housesalso have risen since I
settled there. Death has struck all around us while we have borne charmed lives. My wife has here become so well that she
has already gone to N. England with our Anna. As, all last year, she seemd in the jaws of death, her rejuvenation is a miracle
in our eyes. You must tell me the names and ages of your girls and all about their Mother of whom you have not written me
one word. Doubtless you think me informed of a deal of your history that is unknown to me. 01378 3 I think that you
have likenesses of my girls since they have grown to womanhood. If not, I shall be glad to send them. I would like to see
your slope again. - and indeed my stomping-ground in all the continents. Nor am I too poor for such a tramp. Could either
of my girls go with me I should be off at once. But one feels tied to her mother - the other to her brothers. I say to them
daily. Quarrel Turn your backs on each other. Then you will marry, and give hope to continuators of Butleriana. Cease to sit
like cherubims that shadowed the mercy-seat: gazing at each other in mutual admiration