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be silent dear Bessie when you
are all full of solicitude, as you
must be, for these poor children.
I went the other day to see
Mrs Martin Smith who is here –
this winter a great invalid from
asthma, and it recalled to me
those singing classes at Mr
Charles Normans – She tells me
he has such a nice second wife
and she spoke with so much
admiration and regard of him
and his Parents
I daresay you have heard from
Libby that I am obliged to bring
Christian abroad each winter
Thank God he grows [original text crossed out- annually] yearly
stronger, & better able to resist
the attacks in his throat which
betray the constitutional
weakness – Vigant also seems | FL7428109be silent dear Bessie when you
are all full of solicitude, as you
must be, for these poor children.
I went the other day to see
Mrs Martin Smith who is here -
this winter a great invalid from
asthma, and it recalled to me
those singing classes at Mr
Charles Normans - She tells me
he has such a nice second wife
and she spoke with so much
admiration and regard of him
and his Parents
I daresay you have heard from
Libby that I am obliged to bring
Christian abroad each winter
Thank God he grows [original text has been crossed out- annually] yearly
stronger, & better able to resist
the attacks in his throat which
betray the constitutional
weakness - Vigant also seems |