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[Otterbourne]
[February 1854]

MS location unknown. This fragment printed in Romanes, Appreciation p. 76

Dear, good old slave,
How nice and kind and understanding your letter was, and how thankful one should be for such friends! …

The worst will be over when we hear from Julian, poor boy! Till then it seems like bearing the first stroke. But I am sure it fell mercifully as far as we were concerned, and the flow of feelings that meet us from all is very gratifying.

I believe my uncle, always living in his own town far off, had no notion of the estimation in which his brother was held.

. . . I know I shall miss him more when he has been away longer.

Cite this letter


The Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge(1823-1901) edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske.

URL to this Letter is: https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/yonge/3031/to-elizabeth-barnett-5

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