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I do not understand you. It is necessary for you to write more
explicitly--and determine on some mode of conduct.--I cannot endure this
suspense--Decide--Do you fear to strike another blow? We live together, or
eternally part!--I shall not write to you again, till I receive an answer
to this. I must compose my tortured soul, before I write on indifferent
subjects.
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I do not know whether I write intelligibly, for my head is disturbed. But
this you ought to pardon--for it is with difficulty frequently that I make
out what you mean to say--You write, I suppose, at Mr. ----'s after
dinner, when your head is not the clearest--and as for your heart, if you
have one, I see nothing like the dictates of affection, unless a glimpse
when you mention the child--Adieu!