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is a meek gentle woman. very timid and you might think at first that almost any one could Sway her this way or that. but whoever tries it will find she stands on a rock. She reminds me of a passage in one of Miss Warners novels where the hero, I think, speaks of two kinds of fish, those who wear their armor on the outside and have only a cartilaginous structure within, and those who present only soft pliant flesh, outwardly, but have an internal structure that can outlast ages, and adds "I was thinking of the intangible unseen nature of a Christians strength." I need to cultivate quietness both inwardly and outwardly and am always drawn to those who have it as a gift.

  I have been home almost two weeks and hardly know when I shall return M. is failing very much, in strength, I do not know what to think about her until I see the Doctor. until she is better I shall not feel it right to leave her. She is about