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still the happiness of having
had him so much with
us the last 8- months has
been very great – and he
was a great comfort to his
poor mother – I dare say
from the Childers having
been so much connected
with the Colonies – that poor
Mrs C: death has been Tele
-graphed – I remember
some months ago writing
to you that I had heard
a very bad account of
her health and feared
that she must be in a
precarious state – I had
heard so much of her il-
nesses during the winter
and after an absence on
her part from town – I saw
her – more than once or
twice – and was so agreeably
surprised I quite felt that
all she needed was just