
Your letter of Sept. 29. enclosing two more
slips of the Preface came duly, but now
that I am in office, & have to leave at 8 A. M. & don't get home till near
or quite 5 P. M. I am so tired that I can't even touch a pen at night. I am in for
two months, as the Census work is
closing up in part. It has been a hard & busy summer, &
that is why you did not hear from me. I had to work just as hard for the examination
for this office, as for any, & had to pass an examination, & then work to
get in.
So now with my moving, & house-keeping, & getting through with a day in the
office, you can say that I am busy.
Thank you again for the Preface. I am
pleased with it, for I know you wrote what you felt to
write. I know that you & I feel more & more a most tender &
growing love for dear William, & all his noble &
generous qualities show out to me by contrast, all the time. I don't find others
like him, tho' I have nothing to
complain of; & have warm & loyal friends.
I have a vivid picture of you, as you sit in your room. I I hope we shall have fine weather, & that you will enjoy it.
My sister Jeannie, Mrs. Channing, will be here before the month ends, I hope.

