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the circumstances. I wish you were well for your sake for our childrens sake & for my sake. Were you well you would be much happier than you are, the children too need your care as much till they come to years of maturity & I need your love & presence as long as God sees fit to let me live on this beautiful earth, I hope you will speedily be restored to health. You must take the best of care of yourself. You need much out door exercise & fresh air. I have sat here writing to & thinking of you till it is now eleven at night. My whole soul has been so engrossed in the subject matter of this letter that I have not realized at all the hours as they have passed. I hope I have said nothing that will cause yo a moment pain. I love you dearly & tenderly & I seek your happiness. I have told you all so that our souls may come close up together without any rserve. KIss our dear children for me & tell them I love them, & in imagination place your dear lips to mine & fill your soul with your husband love. There dearest I bid you now a sweet good night. Your affectionate husband N. Kendall