June 15.
I want to know how you have settled with respect to ——. In short, be
very particular in your account of all your affairs—let our confidence,
my dear, be unbounded.—The last time we were separated, was a separation
indeed on your part—Now you have acted more ingenuously, let the most
affectionate interchange of sentiments fill up the aching void of
disappointment. I almost dread that your plans will prove abortive—yet
should the most unlucky turn send you home to us, convinced that a true
friend is a treasure, I should not much mind having to struggle with the
world again. Accuse me not of pride—yet sometimes, when nature has
opened my heart to its author, I have wondered that you did not set a
higher value on my heart.
Receive a kiss from ——, I was going to add, if you will not take one
from me, and believe me yours
Sincerely,
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The wind still continues in the same quarter.