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Paris Nov. 10. 1884.

My dearest Emmie,

I enclose two or three of those sketches I spoke about in the letter. I see by the morning paper that the cholera is very much on the increase here and am afraid we shall have to escape in earnest.

The reason for my telling you all about my sickness and all that is because I thought you were more interested in me than anyone else except mother and I knew it would not do to tell her as she would be frightened.

Don't think I have a sickly view of things but when I tell you that there are only four districts in Paris where they [[strikethrough]] dont [[/strikethough]] hav'nt got cholera and that the one we live in is one of them you may know that they have some of it here. The fellow or man rather who owns this house where we are is city physician for this distric and inspects all the food and stuff that comes in so you see we are in good hands. He says he will warn us in time and see that we are safely out of Paris. That is if there is any danger. 

Yours with heaps of love, Ned