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& more so every day & I assure you, I would
not, even if such a thing was possible, be
single again for all the world : Is your
heart still proof against Cupids arrows
or has he found it vulnerable & made you
surrender at last? Believe me! married
life is, by far, happier than a single one,
provided, the chosen one be one whom you
can love & trust : I often think
of you darling Sister & with the same tender-
ness & love as of yore, so think not, because
I am married now I care less for my
friends of former days : Write to me just
as often as you can & tell me all about your-
self, for anything concerning you will be in-
teresting to me & I assure you I will find
time, amid my many duties, to talk with
you: You have doubtless learnt from
the papers long ere this, that we have re-
turned to Lancaster & an ugly, dull place
indeed it is, but our work is here & I try
to be contented (tho' the Parsonage is a shabby