well-educated, and, if she prove tractable and

grateful, to provide for her future. We are

agreeable that she should write to you once

a fortnight, and if you please, that she should

visit you for a month once a year, that she

may not grow up a stranger to her mother and

brothers. We desire you to consider this offer

at your leisure, not hastily, but with due

thought, and are convinced that in doing so

you will realise what is best for the welfare