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over his marvellous & variable Health — for eight years of calamitous depression she watched Him every night lest He should End his own Life in those terrific Moments of despair that continually overwhelmed Him — She has in Truth acted the Part of a guardian Angel preserved his existence his Faculties & thus raised Him to what He now is & what He can never cease to be in one sense the delight & admiration of the World —His Spirits however are very tender & often verge towards Melancholy & his dread of not restoring her Health oppresses Him at times beyond Expression but I trust that Heaven will enable me to prepare his Heart & Mind by degrees for the severe Loss which it must in all probability be his Lot to sustain —

my paper is full & Time presses – the dear Boy is well & adds his Love to that

of yr affectionate H