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Though she was unwilling that the child should be permanently adopted, she felt sure that some mutually satisfactory arrangement might be entered into. She wound up, "Pray write or telegraph at once without fail, as the case is urgent, and I will pay you handsomely for your trouble." This she signed with initials, gave the address of a neighbouring stationer's, where letters were received at a penny each, and posted it herself.
