My dear, dear Mrs. Lewis--My dear sister Anna (for so you have permitted me to call you)-- never while I live shall I forget you or your kindness to my mother. If I have not written you in reply to your first cherished letter, think anything of my silence except that I am ungrateful or unmindful of you--or that I do not feel for you the purest and profoundest affection--ah, let me say love. I hope very soon to see you and clasp your dear hand. In the meantime, may God bless you, my sweet sister.
Your a1ways, Edgar.
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