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keenly felt.  My Sister — Charlotte and two nieces left for Port Fairy only in February so that Ann was, and still is alone, indeed at the time of My Mother's illness, I was on the Jury at the Goulburn Circuit Court, and, on my return home, found her very ill, she survived only a week; indeed, towards the close, the spark of like appears to have become very rapidly extinct and she expired with but little pain — I receive your invitation in the kindly & sincere spirit in which it is meant, and, altho at present my Sister persists in

not staying from home, we may derive both pleasure and consolation, in spending a day or two with you and your good lady, in our journey to Sydney, without any ceremony — 
Ann desires her kind regards to Mrs. Hassall and yourself
and Believe me
Yours very truly
Edward Gore

Revd. James Hassall
Berrima