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Her letter was a pleasnat surprise; was sad about the news it contained; hopes that the worst part is over and that her sight is restored; her own sight is getting worse, and she always worries that the letter she is writing may be the last one she is able to write; often asks God to help her come to terms with getting older; has been corresponding with her brother [Rutson Maury?] about an unfortunate girl from Calacitta [Calcutta?]; perhaps he has already told her about the story; she [the girl] received a letter from her mother with the means to get home; the American consul putting [?] Miss Breen [?] under the care [?] of the British; she will probably go in a British steamer to Liverpool, and she will give her a letter to Miss Willas [?], who keeps a boarding house in Duke Street; if she is in Liverpool while she is waiting for a ship to C[alcutta?] she hopes they will meet; she will never forget [Rutson's] fine advice on her sad condition; hopes she will write to her again and that her eye is well. 4pp. ALS