I cannot go into a new quarter of the globe without having a parting word with you to express how strongly I feel all the warmth of heart with which you identify yourself with our family distresses & successes, our sorrows & our joys. I have not been ashamed to show you my weaknesses & I shall always be proud of your love, for no daughter of mine could have shown me more affection than you have done at a moment of great tryal. On that subject our difficulties are great. I have written to Walter, but I have not been able to add a word to the long conversations we have had on this topic, & it is so painful that without any useful object I will not inflict it upon you. But I felt gratefully the goodness of yr. heart & the soundness of yr. judgements, & these deserve & ever will retain my devoted praises & thanks.