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Found it quite hard to get away at all as they were anxious
to have one story and make a visit but that is out
of the question just now so I hade them all good bye.
Found mother looking out quite suspiciously for me
on my return as she had been invited out to tea
and Harriet had gone to Brookyln, and she could not
leave Cornelius. My coming was quite a relief to her.
Ellen Dickinson called. Almost the first intelligence
that greeted me was that Mrs Armstrong was no more.
She died yesterday morning peacefully and happily
feeling that she was going home. She was quite young,
has been married about a year and a half and leaves
a little daughter of six months. Her husband and family
feel her loss most keenly and as Ellen D. told me it
seems as if Mary's heart would break.

Mother and father took tea with the Dickinsons.
Spent the evening in writing in my journal.

Thursday Delightful day. We can now realise that spring has
come. Was quite unwell and spent most of the morning
in bed. Carrie came over about 12 o'clock to attend the
funeral of Mrs Armstong. Mother went with her and I
stopped for Mary Reeve. The services were performed
at Christ's Church, Bedford Avenue. Mr Reynolds preached.
At the close the friends were invited to take a last look
at the corpse. I wished very much to see it but little
Mary could not be persuaded to go forward with me.

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