Je voudrais le dire une fois
en anglais. Cela ne se peut pas; il ne faut pas y penser. La
carriere des lettres m'est fermee . . . N'oubliez pas de me dire
comment vous vous portez, comment Madame et les enfants se portent. Je
compte bientot avoir de vos nouvelles; cette idee me souris, car le
souvenir de vos bontes ne s'effacera jamais de ma memoire, et tant que
ce souvenir durera, le respect que vous m'avez inspire durera aussi.
Agreez, Monsieur," &c.
It is probable, that even her sisters and most intimate friends did not
know of this dread of ultimate blindness which beset her at this period.
What eyesight she had to spare she reserved for the use of her father.
She did but little plain-sewing; not more writing than could be avoided,
and employed herself principally in knitting.
"April 2nd, 1845.
"I see plainly it is proved to us that there is scarcely a draught of
unmingled happiness to be had in this world. ---'s illness comes with ---
's marriage. Mary T. finds herself free, and on that path to adventure
and exertion to which she has so long been seeking admission. Sickness,
hardship, danger are her fellow travellers--her inseparable companions.
She may have been out of the reach of these S. W. N. W. gales, before
they began to blow, or they may have spent their fury on land, and not
ruffled the sea much.
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