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LETTERS.
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your letter—and find that you are safe; I will not regret then that your exertions have hitherto been so unavailing.
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Be that as it may, return to me when you have arranged the other matters, which ——— has been crowding on you. I want to be sure that you are safe—and not separated from me by a sea that must be passed. For, feeling that I am happier than I ever was, do you wonder at my sometimes dreading that fate has not done persecuting me? Come to me, my dearest friend, husband, father of my child!—All these fond ties glow at my heart at this moment, and dim my eyes.—With you an independence is desirable; and it is always within our reach, if affluence escapes
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