looked after by the mistress of a family. After dinner I sit down to
my work, and we have always a book, which the doctor reads when I can
attend; when I cannot, he reads something else.

"As I am at present the only wife in the place, we have a regular
tea-table, and now and then a little frugal supper; for the doctor has
come more into my way of thinking, and does not insist upon cutting a
figure as much as some time ago. When alone, he reads and I work, as
usual. He is seldom out, and never but when I am with him. We are easy
in our circumstances, and want for nothing that is necessary; in
short, my ever dear parents, my life is easy and pleasant. The Lord my
God make it pious and useful.

"Could I place myself and family in the same circumstances, and
every thing go on in the same manner, within a few miles of you, I
should be happy for life; and were it not for this hope, which my
heart is set upon, I could not be so, with all I have told you.

"We find the newspapers full of preparations for war; may the Lord
dispose all hearts to peace, for I hate the sound, though it is the
wish of the greatest number about me. There is no prospect of our
leaving this place for a year yet. For my part I have only two reasons
for wishing it. The first is, I should like to be in some Christian
society; the other, that I might do something towards getting home. To
return to the gay world, again I have no ambition. My family here, and
my friends at home, engross all my attention; and when I see the one,
and hear of the other being well, I am happy. Time never hangs heavy
on my hand; I can always find employment, and amusement too, without
the assistance of what go under the name of diversions.