Now, dear Mr. Converse, the cottage has stood vacant for more than a year. It is too much for me to keep up the garden there and look after my own household too, and I can't bear to see the garden die away in neglect. So to-day we hand you a deed to the place, which must not at all be considered a reward like the twenty thousand dollars you received, but merely as a token of our undying gratitude and esteem.
Truly your friend,
Charlotte May Westbrook.
P. S.—Mobley and I reserve the right to come and gather a bouquet whenever we want to!
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