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Tis growing late--what I have written to-night has been written in great haste, and I must now put aside my pen for I have a little sewing to do before I retire. To-morrow will doubtless be a busy day --too busy to transcribe any record of its fleeting hours, and if it be not quite forgotten it must remain till my return from the country, when I will endeavor to recall some few memories of what has past. Oh my those memories, whatever they are, be sweetened with the consciousness of well-doing! --I never felt such a responsibility resting upon me as I do now in the prospect of this visit. I must keep a strict watch over myself, never forgetting my duty for a moment, yet I feel my own inability there to do and, I trust, pray earnestly for grace and strength from above. [illegible][to?] aid me at all times. The part I cannot recall -- oh my the coming future when it is also past be unregretted. I feel very sad sometimes, and were it only myself that are concerned I should not feel so badly, but the thoughts that perhaps I hold in my power the happiness of another sometimes weighs heavily against my own. I have known this sorrow once-- I never wish to know it again, and hope that my fears may prove unfounded. I shall not take my journal with me, as I do not think I shall find much opportunity to write while absent, but if the boon of life, be granted and I once more return my pleasant evening task will doubtless be again resumed.

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