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seemed to give her much trouble – although
with her usual reticence she never gave me
a glimmer of what they were.

So when all at once her frequent notes
ceased & I heard she was ill I did
not feel altogether surprised –
I was led to believe that she might
not even recognise me – but I am
glad to say she has done so always
& to me was perfectly rational in
all her remarks – The sight of me
very likely roused her. she expressed
the greatest satisfaction about my
return to England spoke to me of Katie
asked me if she had or had not paid
& of a pensioner of hers Miss Mcarthur
who you also kindly help. told me to
write a letter to remind her of some
jams promised by her and also to
remind her of a present she had
offered to me last autumn but wh
I had then refused – I write as she had
desired me to do – but there is no result
meantime Miss McA has not got her

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