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Whit Monday [19 May] 1861
My dear Fanny
Our hearts have been very full of you for many a day past, though somehow I durst not write, perhaps from very reverence of your waiting state. But now this precious Whitsuntide arrival gives me a right to write at once, for I am sure you ought to have the first sight of every word from or of your glorious Brother at such a moment, and though no doubt your hands are full ... continue reading