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John dear - Sis could not possibly find anything more to say - and being greatly distressed at the waste of paper - I asked permission to fill it for? - I wonder if it will really save it! Have you come to the conclusion that I was a very lazy sister? So I am - I suppose but not a forgetful or indifferent one by any means - I have not felt in the spirit of writing for a long time - and you know how hard it is to write then. Besides I have been much busier than usual lately. Now we have got a girl - a genuine specimen of Irish loquacity when she gets started on "the ould counthry". And therefore I am now at leisure. We are just beginning to have something like winter weather. The hills are covered with snow - and the streets with mud - which is of course very delightful. Friday night I don't really know what is the matter with me lately - I commenced this last Monday but felt so excessively dull that I gave it up as a bad job - and so it has lain? If it were not for the sake of Sis's letter I should burn it - She has taken quite a fancy for writing letters - and her first thoughts were of you. She expresses the desire