This has depressed me very much, for poor Jane has so many worries of her own that I dread being dependent on her, and Charley has not been at all well this winter, though kinder and more considerate than I have ever known him to be.

He has his faults, but I have always felt that he was not entirely responsible and that we ought to pity rather than blame him.

Women can never be too thankful that they are spared by a merciful Providence the temptations which seem to beset men.

When we consider how much more sheltered our lives are, we ought to be lenient in our judgment, and I cannot help feeling that God meant us to be so when he gave us more spiritual natures than those of men.

Dr.Preston gave a very instructive and impressive talk on that subject before the Ladies' Aid Society of our church the week before I was taken sick.
Indeed, I am afraid I caught the cold that led to pneumonia sitting in Charley's pew, which gets a bad draught from the door of the Sunday-school room.
I must apologize for this dull letter, as I haven't been able to get out even to market.