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Coedriglan

Feby 8^th

My dear Henry

When I last wrote to you I little thought more sorrow was close at hand & now I have to communicate the distress poor Charlotte ¹ is in, by having lost her kind partner by an apoplectic seizure! dear M^r Traherne’s ² health had been declining for some time and he was feeble on his legs but, he had been apparently better for the last week & went out for a drive when it was fine: he was seized with sickness on Sunday and breathed his last on Monday morning! no suffering at all they tell me & poor Charlotte could hardly believe he had ceased to breathe for hours! she bears up wonderfully and is indeed a pattern –

Edward Nicholl ³ came to Penrice ⁴ to fetch me by her wish & I shall remain here to be of use. Chris^{r 5} came too but is now in Town on business – but Jane is here & Christiana ⁶ at present.–

Ever your aff^ate coz

Mary