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to want to claim so large a solace in
your heart, but I cannot help it dearest
Sister, for I feel as if you belong exclusive-
ly to me now & the idolatry I felt for
the Brother, "with whom my heart was
wont to share, from Reason's dawn,
each pleasure & each care" has caused
me to cherish, for One to whom he had
given such a place in his heart as
that I claim for you, an undying
affection & to throw around you sweet
Sister a halo of love that can never
fade : verily I do not believe that
in all this world, a human being
ever felt, even for the dearest object
of their heart's affection, the intense
love I felt for him from childhood's
earliest days & I cannot remember
the time when we were not "all in
all" to each other : You know all this
full well darling Bettie & me thinks
I cannot express my love for you in
stronger terms than by telling you that