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intend spending part of the winter with [Mrs Seat], she will [are long/ in loss?] appear in a new
and interesting character, the presence of such a friend as you have we been to her
will then be [peculiarly] requisite.

Mr Nicholson's family have returned, why have you not written to Maria, she is
not accustomed to be thus neglected.

Mr Brown has relinquished his intention of coming hither this autumn.

I have just returned from a walk to Mrs Warren’s. I was disappointed she was gone
to town. I called at [Mr Blacker's] who lives near where [Mrs W Gaye] and there heard she
has a daughter. [Mr Blacker's] family will return to town on Thursday. It is said that
[Anthony] is [?] Mary Jones; youthful beauty possesses irresistible attraction
for him. I fear he does not [?] the plan of [entering] first and loving afterwards.

[Mrs Seat] has returned, but I have not not seen her. - Why has not [Maria] written to [?]
I am quite chagrined at not hearing from her. [unintelligible sentence]

I do not know what affects me but I feel strangely. After writing two papers to you I []
[see] [Ms] W & Mr Nicholson was with me for half an hour. And now I feel as if I [expect
-ed] some strange, [?] for occurrence would take place, I can neither read nor
write, knowing thing happened to you? Perhaps a secret sympathy of [?]
she’s feeling from whatever cause it since I am too much a friend to [?] to wish
its long continuance. Write to me soon — Remember me to to write Jane

Farewell
Maria Templeton.