
Whilst declicacy of sentiment keeps one back, death may make one deeply regret the vacillation which it will decide, and this [illegible] will live on to regret its want of courage
Will you write on the enclosed sheet of paper
a few words that I shall treasure—my cousin Hamilton Aïdé
talked to me of you—& I have for years worshipped in distance reverence, that
I cannot doubt that you will do me this little act on your part, bringing
such pride & pleasure to me



