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 Clinton, Jan. 10, 1852.__

Dear Sister Mary,

 The news that you had come home was as sudden, as it was unexpected; but the pleasure that i felt on hearing you were so near me was not unmixed with anxiety. Mother says in her note, that you are unwell with the influenza, but how unwell, and whether you are going back next term, she does not say. If you have not written already, I hope you will as soon as you receive this, for I shall be quite uneasy until I hear further from you. You are coming to see me before you go back, are you not? Oh, you must. I cant bear to think of you, going away without my seeing you. Write to me, and say you will certainly come, and then I will feel so much better. - Cousins Elisabeth and Alexander, and their cousin, Miss Bowen, came to see me yesterday afternoon; I had not seen Elisabeth but once before since I came here. We had a very pleasant visit. They brought the things that mother sent to me. Tell her, I like them very much indeed; they are just what I wanted. I shall be very glad to get this long sack, although I did not ask for it. I have got it on today, it fits well, and feels so comfortable; and those night caps too, I needed them very much; if ma had been home, I cold hardly have told her better what I wanted. She has sent me such a good sup=