MY DEAR CASSANDRA,--I am obliged to you for two letters, one from
yourself and the other from Mary, for of the latter I knew nothing till
on the receipt of yours yesterday, when the pigeon-basket was examined,
and I received my due. As I have written to her since the time which
ought to have brought me hers, I suppose she will consider herself, as I
choose to consider her, still in my debt.
I will lay out all the little judgment I have in endeavoring to get such
stockings for Anna as she will approve; but I do not know that I shall
execute Martha's commission at all, for I am not fond of ordering shoes;
and, at any rate, they shall all have flat heels.
What must I tell you of Edward? Truth or falsehood? I will try the
former, and you may choose for yourself another time. He was better
yesterday than he had been for two or three days before,--about as well
as while he was at Steventon. He drinks at the Hetling Pump, is to bathe
to-morrow, and try electricity on Tuesday. He proposed the latter
himself to Dr. Fellowes, who made no objection to it, but I fancy we are
all unanimous in expecting no advantage from it. At present I have no
great notion of our staying here beyond the month.