sure I do not require so much attention. I am getting so strong and well. The Minister was up here today and he said he was certain you would be delighted to see the change in me when you come home. I am sure I ought to be thankful to God for being in such good health as I have been for so many years delicate. I know poor Mama had many an anxious thought about me. She seemed always so uneasy about me when I was ill. Many a sleepless night has she had at my sickbed. I shall never forget when I was so ill after Mrs Kelham's ball how attentive she was to me although her last illness was even then coming on nothing would persuade her to leave me for some nights. She slept on the sofa in the parlour at my room door so that she might come in whenever she heard the least sound.