You will understand a mother's wish to see, face to face, her own child.

With this view I have come to this neighborhood.

I will not say where I am, for concealment is necessary to me.

I send this note by a trustworthy attendant, Mrs.Hardwick, my little Ida's nurse in her infancy, who will conduct Ida to me, and return her again to you.

Ida is not to know who she is visiting.