and leave him and come and [crossed out] to stay with Mama. I am sure I would rather give him the whole than be tormented but I fear she will not do this. She is much more submissive than I would be were I in her situation but I am really in earnest when I say that I should like my cousin to come out. She would be a great comfort to Mama for from childhood they have been like sisters. When I saw your letter dated from Rangitikei I thought that you were on your way in and I was quite disappointed to find that you were going back to Wanganui. I wish you had not told me that you were going 100 miles up the