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difference with the occupation of our time to some extent, although I am making constant efforts not to be underlined: overbourne by the demands of underlined: society. I have been very busy preparing winter clothing for my children, cleaning house &c &c. and Gertrude has been sick again though not so seriously sick as she was in Ithaca. She was confined to her bed a week, the Dr. attending her every day, but she has quite recovered as we hope, though still taking medicine. The Dr. thinks her liver, is the cause of her trouble, and you know what an underlined: obstinate organ that is, when out of order. She does not attend school this winter, but is attending to her music, and taking lessons in underlined: home duties, learning to make herself useful in domestic matters, which I hold to be ever underlined: more important than underlined: "book larning" don't you? I cannot bear the thought that my girls