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& then give her a cordial invitation to return with you & make her home with us as long as she finds it pleasant to do so. I am glad Eddie & Winnie are so well. I wish the baby was as well. You must not think of taking him to Lawrence till there is no danger of his taking cold. It would not require much to make him deaf for life, & what a misfortune it would be to the little boy. You cannot of course go to Lawrence alone. It is not safe for you to attempt it & unless you can get somebody to go with you you must wait for me to come & go with you. I should think Mary would like to go if you will pay her fare. You say you made some calls the day before you wrote & enjoyed them much. You must make lots of calls & have as good time as possible. Be out in the fresh air all you can but dress warm & protect your feet. You say you think you ought to be pretty sweet when you get back West as you have been eating lots of maple sugar & syrup this spring. You always seemed very sweet to me & if you only return as sweet as you were when you left I shall be satisfied & shall not tire sipping the nectar that love distills from you lips. You say your menses have not made their appearance & you can see no signs of pregnancy whatever. I have been thinking the matter over & I am inclined to think that your sexual system is all right & that your menses will return whenever you wean the baby. I am inclined to think the only reason why your menses showed themselves at all while you were nursing the baby was that you slept with me each night & the nightly contact of our flesh & our sexual intercourse caused