8/15 I have not seen him since seven o'clock. He would go, though I told him how ill I was. He said he should not stay out long; but he has never come back, and now it is almost one. I assure you, I have not seen a soul this whole long morning." "You have had your little boys with you ?" "Yes, as long as I could bear their noise; but they are so unmanageable that they do me more harm than good. |