We are so quiet and so happy; we were never alone together in our lives before.

You, dear Peggy, who have always had your family to yourself, can hardly think how we enjoy being at table together, just we two.

I take mamma's coffee to her and kiss her on the right cheek; then follows an egg, with another kiss on the left cheek; then a bit of toast, with a bear-hug, and so on.

We have a few pleasant friends here, you know, and they come to see mamma without asking her to return the calls, as they see plainly she has no strength for society.

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