I shall never forget how much alarmed she was about me when I was ill when you were at the East Coast. All her own illness was forgotten. Her whole anxiety was about me and she tried to keep up my spirits by sending messages to make me laugh. No friend, however kind, can be by my sickbed like her. I think that native of the Hunter's will never come back. I am so anxious to hear from you. I trust however if I have a letter no other way this week I shall have one on Friday by the mail and I hope I shall hear by it that I may expect my old plague soon. Mr Hickson called today and I was quite annoyed for really I do not like seeing gentlemen now wrapped up in a shawl to make things better. Ellen and I had gone out of the room before he came in and left our work on the table. She had been sewing a baby's cap which he must have seen and I had a basket full of other things on