_[Hull] June 15 [1795]._
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 Fanny, I was going to add, if you will not take one
from me, and believe me yours
Sincerely
MARY.
The wind still continues in the same quarter.