
          81 Jane Street, 30th April, 1849


 My dear friend, 


 Your letter did not reach me in time for
 acknowledgement by Saturday's post-- so, I take the earliest
 opportunity of thanking you for it. It is indeed, very kind
 of you to bear in mind so forlorn a mortal as myself,
 & I can truly say that the few (& far between) hours that
 I spend in your company, are amongst the happiest I know.
 I hardly know whether I am to expect you on Wed'y [Wednesday] or Thurs'y [Thursday] 
 as you speak of visiting the City on the former day, & 
 bid me prepare for stewed oysters on the latter-- perhaps,
 you mean to spend an hour or two with me on each.
 Be this as it may-- and the more I see of you the better-- 
 I will not leave Jane St. until 1 o'clk. [o'clock] pm. on Wed'y [Wednesday]
 & will call in Crosby St., if I do not see you, to learn
 if you have arrived. In the matter of my new quarters,
 I think I shall be very comfortable. My landlady is
 a hard-working Scotchwoman, whose husband is much
 from home, but I feel assured that she would not let me
 lie for 3 days on a bed of Sickness, as did my late hostess,
 without any ministrations whatever! Indeed, I feel very
 thankful that I have so fair a prospect of comfort, for
 some time to come, if life and health be spared. At present,
 I am suffering severely from sick headaches, which
 during the morning hours incapacitate me for every thing.

        