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saw any thing wrong in Minnie's behavior in my office, either day or night, and she seldom visited there after my returns were finished, and never without proper business, to the best of my recollection, and as soon as her errand was finished, left at once. I really think that Miss Collin is getting [[underlined]] childish, [[/underlined]] and I fear [[underlined]] malicious, [[/underlined]] and without doubt somewhat [[underlined]] prudish; [[/underlined]] and I think from the bottom of my soul that Minnie has done more good among the Contrabands at Alexandria, than twenty Miss Collins will ever do: for Minnie has taught hundreds of them to read, and this is more than Miss Collin has done for one of them. So much for this part of your letter.

And now what shall I say in relation to Mister Fish and the course he has pursued? Ingratitude is a crime so mean, so low, so dirty that [even a Hotentot despises, and at which a devil might with propriety blush] I fear to accuse any one of; and if Mr. Fish has acted as you say,