Mr. --- wrote to
her father, and urgently invited him to come and make acquaintance with
his daughter's new home, by spending a week with her in it; and Mrs. ---
expressed great regret when one of Miss Bronte's friends drove up to the
house to leave a letter or parcel, without entering. So she found that
all her friends might freely visit her, and that her father would be
received with especial gladness. She thankfully acknowledged this
kindness in writing to urge her friend afresh to come and see her; which
she accordingly did.
"June, 1841.
"You can hardly fancy it possible, I dare say, that I cannot find a
quarter of an hour to scribble a note in; but so it is; and when a
note is written, it has to be carried a mile to the post, and that
consumes nearly an hour, which is a large portion of the day. Mr. and
Mrs. --- have been gone a week. I heard from them this morning. No
time is fixed for their return, but I hope it will not be delayed
long, or I shall miss the chance of seeing Anne this vacation. She
came home, I understand, last Wednesday, and is only to be allowed
three weeks' vacation, because the family she is with are going to
Scarborough. _I should like to see her_, to judge for myself of the
state of her health. I dare not trust any other person's report, no
one seems minute enough in their observations.
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