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At present we do not quarrel, & there is nothing on my part to keep alive the animosity that she has exhibited towards me for some years. If you now begin to urge reconciliation she will in true womanly perversity (unclear) see her own review those old animosity - now dormant - or she will conclude that I am at the bottom of your appeal, will hate me worse than ever, & you may possibly come in for ill feeling as a dupe & toll of mine - Be assured my dear boy, that I understand this matter better than you possibly can - The only hope for future peace & reconciled life between (unclear), is to let her entirely alone. I believe she has a strong womanly attachment for me, now & of late (unclear) obscured by diseased imaginings. If not fixed in her