I wrote "never" instead of "seldom" and then struck it out.

Nevertheless my private opinion is reserved.
Life at Altoona was made more agreeable for me through Mr.Scott's niece, Miss Rebecca Stewart, who kept house for him.

She played the part of elder sister to me to perfection, especially when Mr.Scott was called to Philadelphia or elsewhere.

We were much together, often driving in the afternoons through the woods.

The intimacy did not cease for many years, and re-reading some of her letters in 1906 I realized more than ever my indebtedness to her.