very restless night. I got up at daylight and wandered up and down the house for I could not sleep. I do not now feel so dull. I begin to get reconciled to your absence and I look forward to the happiness of our meeting again. I do not feel my own dearest anxious about you for I know my dear husband that you are under the care of a kind and merciful God who will protect you from all danger and bring you back in safety. How thankful I feel to Him for having united us for life and I trust dear Donald we may so live that not even death will separate us but that we may meet again to spend an eternity together. Dear Mama is I am happy to say rather better this last three days. I am glad to see that she begins to have a little appetite. I am sure when the fine weather comes that she will get quite strong again.