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pleasant. Agatha is now up, often half the day ; is stronger,
and very charming. Hedda is weaving down-stairs in the
corner room, and I—I preserve fruit, write novels and
write letters, paint, spin, go and come, in and out, and when
evening comes I look to see whither the, morning flew so
fast.
My sisters stretch out hands, unsoiled by ink, to ‘embrace
you.
Arsra, 20th October, 1828.
Yesterday we received the Holy Communion, Agatha
and I. I returned thanks for two years of rest, and prayed
for strength; prayed for strength humbly to receive all
future dispensations; prayed for the happiness and peace
of all those who belong to me, and also most fervently for
her who now, for the first time after several years, went to
the Lord’s table. Agatha was deeply and sincerely moved,
aud this impression upon her did me an infinite deal of
good. Ah! may she be happy; may she be good! May
in her the former effect the latter. The path of sorrow is
so bitter and embitters so much! Jam alittle sad to-night,
and I ought, perhaps, not to write to you.
‘I long very much to hear that you are enjoying yourself.
The winter will, I hope,-be a pleasant one for us, and if
Agatha has any pleasure, it will give pleasure also to me.
But the anticipation of the town air gives me the horrors.
To-morrow we expect our mother and Claes here, and then
the day for our moving will be fixed. *
27th. October.
Bishop T s arrived here to-day. I liked him very
much. Energetic and wise —a real bishop. He led the
conversation to Wallin’s sermon on Annunciation Day,
which last year caused me so much racking of the brain.?
1 The subject of Bishop Wallin’s sermon on Annunciation Day, 1827, was
““Woman’s noble and humble mission,” for the faithful fulfillment of which
the Bishop urged, by examples taken out of the Virgin Mary’s life, the ne-
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