I received the charming little note from my very good pocket wife. I have not forgotten her, as she supposes, although my long silence does make it look as if I had; but I have been too busy with concerns of every kind and have been unable to write to my friends. Nonetheless, I have often thought about you, and your long friendship for me with the strongest feelings of esteem and affection. How courageous of you to go up so high in the air! And how kind of you, once you were so close to heaven, not to want to leave us all and stay with the angels. I embrace you tenderly and wish you all sorts of happiness. Farewell.