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full delight for me of what Papa has very good-naturedly 

 given me leave to have ; a fire for the morning in his Bedroom 

 upstairs, which I have made very snug. I have only had 

 my Boudoir one morning, and then did enjoy it supremely. 

 I found the Dining Room quite unbearable, so desolate 

 and this scheme is not quite so extravagant as it sounds, 

 as I hope there will not be a fire in the Dining Room, when 

 we are quite alone, till dinner time. I feel myself bound to 

 make all apologies for such a piece of indulgence. . . . 



