“I sincerely condole with you on the mournful event of
which you yesterday informed me. Your feelings on the occasion do honour to you
as a man and as a son; but let me entreat of you to give no more way to your
grief than you can help, and to console yourself with the heavenly reflection
that your departed, venerated, and beloved has
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“I was myself ill in bed when your note reached me yesterday; otherwise I should have answered it instantly.”
