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"Mr & Mrs" Douglas Cruger request the favour of Mr
F. C's company to dinner, tomorrow at 5 o'clock."
R. S. V. P.
Shall I go? My mind is not made up. I shall take
time to consider. Where will Miss Nina be, all this time?
She will be indifferent to it all, in her new character
of Margravine of Schwellanberg. Saidee, Troy was ta-
ken, at last. Do you know how? By a horse made of
wood and stuffed with men.
Saidee, dear, put that [text ?] in your [ ?]. I have
another copy, and shall be proud to have you accept
him. I offered it at 55, but no - it was not in High
Dutch, and she would not have it. Do you take it, my
dear, and keep it for my sake. All the Dutch men
living will not get it out of your nice little hands, I am
certain.
I have a request to make. Ask cousin Henry how he
is getting on - if she appeal, pay, or what? Then, when he
has told you, sit down and write me another little
letter, so that I may know how things are going on.
He will not write in a month, and I have as much
curiosity as a girl, but reading High Dutch you are
my only channel of communication. I am quite
serious in making this request.
When you see Aunt Nancy express my regrets. I
shall take an early opportunity to die alone in age myself.
She used to be our intimate acquaintance, and I was
a great admirer of hers, and a warm friend of the