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Couchy[?] here - our house seems entirely deserted
Carrie is at the piano - & has played
Roslin-Castle - & other doleful[underlined] pieces - &
is now singing Aileen-aroon[underlined] - It is
too bad - you could not have stayed
with us this week - but we shall not
forget the visit - promised in the spring -

To-morrow I am expecting to go to [illegible]
for a day-or-two - to get away from the
kitchen[underlined] - care - &c -

Mr Pease has just come in - & says
Mr Latham[?] - gave you the Hyacinth - bulbs,
which I am very glad to learn as it
has troubled me all day -

Carrie sends love - & says "[illegible] Robert
it is very lonely here to-night" & that
I am very much obliged for the music.
Excuse the pencil - & when [illegible] you do [illegible]

friend Mrs E Pease