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Merthyrmawr ¹
October 12^th

My dear Henry,

I wish there was some possible combination of events which would bring us together – but the fates are against it I fear. Nothing would give me such pleasure as to see you here excepting my seeing you at Lacock but alas we are again wanderers & unless anything should induce you to go to Nice I fear another year will pass without our meeting. Your children ² will be perfect strangers to mine & I shall know nothing of my godchild. ³ Dear little Horace ⁴ is a very remarkable child, you will hardly see enough of him to know what he is – in many things his mind resembles yours & I have often thought of you in days long past when I am listening to him

Your aff^te cousin
Jane H. Nicholl