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Paris March 23rd 1888

My dear brother Charly, 

Yesterday I sent a few lines to say that my dear wife has departed from me forever. She died yesterday morning at half past seven after four days of great suffering, of pneumonia. I can hardly get used to understand this sad blow. I suppose I must understand it like many others must