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takes this letter with
her. I go to Dover
in about 2 weeks and
intend remain there
for a little time until
they get our house ready.
I suppose I shall be
at home - will God - in
the middle of October.
Will you then be in
London? I long to
press your hands
and see your smile
and to pour out my
heart before you.
how grieved I am to
find my poor Sweden

still so immoral - so
indolent - so allmost
forsaken by God. - but -
how can God bless a
people or a country
wherein the Devil
in all his different
shapes and qualities is
so worshipped and so
called upon in the most
awful oaths that
any Swede allmost
bears on his tongue!
With heavy heart I left
my darling rocks and
wild flowers and
cristel-clear lakes -
but am thankful to
have got rid of my