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10 it and that is seeing Alfred. The gay side of my life may not be what I have imagined but the other side, the quiet of my life I am sure will be as happy if not happier than I have thought or imagined it could be. And after all that is of so much more importance than the other. If one is happy in ones heart all else seems happy too; but if not - why then the most pleasant dinners the most delightful parties are but passing enjoyments. Now that the very first impressions of all this going out are a little lessened, I see that society after all is only [[end page]] [[start page]] 11 the enjoyment of life, not the real true life itself. I am so glad that I do see this and feel it more and more as the days pass that is seems to give me a deeper and truer peace with myself than any thing else can give. I have the boys and Gladys and my parents to life for! Why the institution of sisters unless to amuse and entertain brothers, to be cheerful and sympathetic to parents, to be the confident of their sisters? This then will always give me employment. It may not always be a pleasure, when one
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