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so infirm & so dear a Companion must occasion in your Travels, we flatter ourselves you will not hesitate to embrace his very kind proposal, - & to indulge us in a pleasure, which is so much the object of our Wishes & our Hopes – You may surely leave yr good Father in his present state of Health without any breach of filial Regard, & without feeling a pleasure-killing sollicitude concerning the distance between you; for in case of any sudden alarm, an Express from Litchfield might reach you at Eartham in less than 24 Hours —In short, as I can see no reasons against such an Expedition for you, & many in favor of it, particularly the Benefit, which I am sure your own Health will receive, I will add nothing more on this subject, but bid adieu to it in the enlivening Persuasion, that you will come – so bon Voyage! tell my Friend Nanny [Manny?] to pack up as soon as you please, & Heaven conduct you both in safety over all the Hills & dales that ar present divide you from this chearful Village – I foresee no danger