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School. My room.
May 19^th /57.

Cousin Bob.

I shall continue to call you; though
Professor perhaps should be your title. Familiar
names I always love to call my friends;
and I like to be Miss to none but those
whom I cannot call so. On this nineteenth
day of May I am in quite a happy frame
of mind; having entirely recovered from a
dangerous attack of the blues; with which I
was miserable last week. I know you
are laughing now. You think its all a notion
my having the bulues. No-one thinks I have
any reason for it; and I think myself it is
almost wicked to give way to such feelings.
But in consequence of riding out to Hamburg
Sunday my music lesson was not well
learned; and though I tried to feel satis-
fied with myself I could not.

I can sympathise with you; way down
in “Lower Egypt” suffering with the rheumatism.
For the first time in years I was obliged
to stay at home for two days. They said

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my rattlesnake skin the other night. I shall not have a chance
to frighten the girls any more. Dont be so long in writing
again. Much love from Maria.

School. My room.
May 19th /57.

Cousin Bob.

I shall continue to call you; though
Professor perhaps should be your title. Familiar
names I always love to call my friends;
and I like to be Miss to none but those
whom I cannot call so. On this nineteenth
day of May I am in quite a happy frame
of mind; having entirely recovered from a
dangerous attack of the blues; with which I
was miserable last week. I know you
are laughing now. You think its all a notion
my having the bulues. No-one thinks I have
any reason for it; and I think myself it is
almost wicked to give way to such feelings.
But in consequence of riding out to Hamburg
Sunday my music lesson was not well
learned; and though I tried to feel satis-
fied with myself I could not.

I can sympathise with you; way down
in “Lower Egypt” suffering with the rheumatism.
For the first time in years I was obliged
to stay at home for two days. They said

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my rattlesnake skin the other night. I shall not have a chance
to frighten the girls any more. Dont be so long in writing
again. Much love from Maria.