tiresome boundaries were finished. In my last letter I told you I was very anxious that you should come in before going to the East Coast. I should indeed like to see you very much but if you think it would suit you better to go there first, do not to please me [permit] yourself to any inconvenience. I shall never dear, either now or at any future time, ask you to do what is not quite agreeable to you. I was at tea last night at the minister's. There were only the Miss Pauls and Miss Redish there. Papa and Mama did not go, for you know they do not like to be out at night. I did not spend such a happy evening as I did the last time I was at Mrs Kirton's, for you were with me there, and no party, however pleasant seems so to me when you are not there. You appear