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Dear Mrs Walden

 The Metamora paper came today, so I learned that you too are alone, for I think it is only with a mother's passing that one learns what it is to be alone.

It must be a comfort to you that you could be with her and care for her in your pleasant home for so long - I had not realized how old she was.

 My only comfort has been the thought of