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My dear Mrs Stanford:

I need not tell
you that I have
thought of you
during all this
time, but thinking
of the many letters
you must have

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had from all your
many friends, I
waited so that
mine will not
be a pressing
one to you. If
I could only be
near you I would
with so much
pleasure try
my best to keep