May 30, 1865 pg 5

can only wait and let time
settle it for us, and -- don't
trust me too much! I shall be
very glad to see you whenever you
can come home, -- the sooner the better.
Your request shall be granted, and
your secret kept from every body,
then it will surely be safe, -- unless
I go crasy or talk in my sleep.

Your mother seems as well as
usual and I think you have no
need to worry on her account.
She will of course be delighted to
see you again. I have never told
her that you wrote to me because
I thought she might wonder that
I did not let her read the letters, which
for various reasons I should hardly
care to do.

Harry Rust has gone to Havehill
on a visit, so your message will
hardly be delivered to him.