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/ cannot begin to respond to such kindness and I do not know how to 

 make myself worthy of it and I assure you that you would greatly honor me if I 

 could make my myself useful to you in this village or in my Switzerland and be 

 delighted if I can be helpful to you and to your friends. 



Allow me to send you just a small package of plants which I know you will 

 appreciate; this will serve as proof of my good will and of my most vivid wish that 

 you do not forget (let fall from your memory) to write when you have returned to 

 your résidence in St. Louis. 



