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came up for her. she seemed very much pleased with all she [saw?] and would have liked to remained a week longer. The day she went to [Mawarra?] we were invited by the Baileys to take a walk with them to the top of [Rasserback?] to show Miss Norton the view but they did not see much for it was too misty going up, and it was raining as we came down. Harriet Elisa and I went [and family?] by appointment we met Charles King who joined us, for his [indecipherable] not [indecipherable] Denbigh with Tuesday morning for Lamsden and has he was going to leave the next day for up the country, we told him he might as well ride with us as by himself James Boman was also one of the party. We eat our lunch on the other side of the hill in a creek Mrs Hill and Kate came in the evening to Mrs Oxleys the old Lady has gone to stay a week with Kate. I am affraid the Dr will start off to Port Philip one of these days they have heard from Miss Hope and she wishes
[cross-written text] but she says it is your turn to write to her for you have never answered her letters. Tell George we do not know what to do with his cat it has killed nearly [thirty?] chickens [indecipherable] shut it up in the loft but they were affraid it might be dull by it self so they shut the other poor thing up with it and they [declared?] it now frightened of being in the dark without a companion Papa went to Picton yesterday. Poor Miss Barry is not at all well. I must now [indecipherable] for I am going to get Mr Brooks to take this letter to Mrs Cowper who starts for Sydney tomorrow. Believe me dear James your affect sister Marianne Hassall Denbigh 19 Oct 184[1?]
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