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The following is an extract, from one of the few letters which have been
preserved, of her correspondence with her sister Emily:--
"May 29, 1843
"I get on here from day to day in a Robinson-Crusoe-like sort of way,
very lonely, but that does not signify. In other respects, I have
nothing substantial to complain of, nor is this a cause for complaint.
I hope you are well. Walk out often on the moors. My love to Tabby.
I hope she keeps well."
And about this time she wrote to her father,
"June 2nd, 1818,
"I was very glad to hear from home. I had begun to get low-spirited
at not receiving any news, and to entertain indefinite fears that
something was wrong. You do not say anything about your own health,
but I hope you are well, and Emily also. I am afraid she will have a
good deal of hard work to do now that Hannah" (a servant-girl who had
been assisting Tabby) "is gone. I am exceedingly glad to hear that
you still keep Tabby" (considerably upwards of seventy). "It is an
act of great charity to her, and I do not think it will be unrewarded,
for she is very faithful, and will always serve you, when she has
occasion, to the best of her abilities; besides, she will be company
for Emily, who, without her, would be very lonely.
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