Monday evening [1852] My dearest Donald I was quite delighted to receive your note this morning which you wrote me last Friday. We are indeed most fortunate in finding opportunities of writing to each other. I met Dr Featherstone today and he told me that he was going up to Rangitikei this week and would take a letter for me so that my darling will at least have two letters this week from his pussy. What a piece of impudence in you to say that you were quite happy. How could you be so without your wife. I have a good mind not to kiss you when you come home for saying such a thing. I saw Mrs Stephens today and she advised me to turn you off and gat a new husband who would stay at home. I would take her advice but I am afraid