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household that can plead not guilty to
that charge : She will leave Columbia soon (where
she has been living since her marriage) to pay
a visit to her parents in Charleston & to be
present at her Brother's wedding, & will
then pay us a visit : The Brother referred
to is, Mr. Darby, the friend I wrote to you of
while in Columbia : Never again dearest
Bettie, attribute my silence to so unlikely
a course as my marriage : I haven't the
most remote idea of taking such a step
& if I had I assure you, you would be one of
the first to hear of it : but why sweet Sister
would you be pained were such tidings to
reach you? Please tell me, for it grieves me to
think that [tis?] only because you imagine
"the results of such a step" would be forgetful-
ness of your fondly loved self: We have relin-
quished the idea of leaving Camden & I am glad
for I could not bear the thought of being at a
distance from that scared mound in our
grave-yard : Good-bye, my own sweet Sister
think often of & ever love
Your Pet.
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I have not seen or heard of Mr Thompson, for a very long time