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enjoy them as they come, & I am sure I
would have to steal off alone to hide my
tears, should I ever open a letter from you
that did not contain these sweet assurances
of your love : Dearest Bettie, do you not
grow weary of my prolix epistles? they are
such poor returns for you "extracts of sweet-
ness" :
I hope & suppose that your visits have
been as delightful as my visit to our dear
old "City by the Sea": I enjoyed every moment
spent there & think the trick did me so
much good, I should not have to run away
from home this summer as I usually do, in
hopes of being benefitted by change of air &
scenery; & besides everything is so out of order,
so very unsettled, in our poor, suffering State,
I could not enjoy myself at a distance from
the loved ones : Oh! how much do I wish I
could have been in Washington!! I have two
cousins on a visit there & I might at least
have heard much of you from them had
I only known that you intended visiting the