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the left side

any more _ Now you
will have [?] to
[Oxford?] and will [God?]
I hope to be allowed to
once follow you there
and see my dear # unmu-
sical [Dearest?]
Mrs Grote she is the
one to appreciate any
thing that is fine -she
is a delightful companion.
I feel so happy at
your liking her and
understanding her real
purity of character.
She is so trustworthy
how I delight at the
thought of seeing you
so soon, dearest Mrs Stanley.

the right side

what delight to me to think
that I can be with you in
peace and sit on a [low?] little
chair and look into your
beloved sweet face as I did
before I started for [Amerika]
with my soul filled with
the spring-love in Christ!

I had just then awakened
to his knowledge now I am
an old woman with two
children. You wish to
know how they are and
how and what little
Jenny is grown. She is
thank god and robust
a strongminded thing
far less nervous than
poor Walter very fat and
walks soon quite alone
She sang in her little bed
this morning quite high