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Camden S C Feb 20th 1868.
My very dear young Friend
I feel compelled after
your last of the 14th inst to add a few lines to
what I know Mary must assent to be true viz
that no change in you or circumstances
can alter our feeling towards you, the fact
that he thought you worthy of his love is
enough for us: he had thought it doubtful
(until he saw you) that he should ever find
his beau ideal of a perfect woman, he had
never loved & oh! what a wealth of love he had
to give I knew, he feared I would be a little
jealous after having so much tender love &
care shown me, not so, his happiness was
mine, & to see him happy made me so; in
Heaven there is no marrying, yet we know
congenial spirits are to live in a state of
perfect happiness, in the smile of a Saviours
love, who is too kind to deny us companionship
with loved ones. I rejoice that I can hope to