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nick of time, the morning of the day I left and I was not in the least frightened at its length, as you suggested I might be, I was too glad to get it, as I feared you had not received mine, there is no certainty about these little country Post Offices, I do not intend finishing to night for I am too sleepy to be agreeable. I sent the "Reveries of a Bachelor" to you by Lizzy Olden who told me this morning she was going to Washington, I am sure it will please you, Oh! I am nearly asleep Good night.

Friday after dinner. I have just been reading your letter over again, and I certainly get more lectures from you than any one else, but as I know I richly deserve them I have not a word to say. On the unclear man subject I cannot be touched, as he has pestered me into the dislike I have taken towards him, but the coffee, I grant you, I did take a cup the evening I took sick, but have not touched it since. I should be very well if I could get rid of this cold, which I took through no fault of my own, as at Fayette they put me to sleep in damp sheets, enough to kill a strong man, to say nothing of a sick mortal like myself. I did not discover it, but Miss Leech, told me in the morning that such was the fact, of course it will take some time for the