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for me (I think for any Johnson) to announce the most trifling thing even which will cause surprise.

You must be sick & tired of hearing about me & my feelings & I promise you a respite.

Wish we might find time to read together a little this winter, or if not together seperately - one or two things especially - The Bible, some of Merbert Spencer & Carlisle's French Revolution.

"John" ("the [[strikethrough]] beurua [[/strikethrough]] bureau of information", as Joseph facetiously calls him) is on night duty again, and if I keep my light burning later, I fear it will tax his curiosity beyond its limit.