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us.___ Things go on pretty nearly as usual with us.___ Mr Allston has Mr Meves' apartment & am happy to say our excellent friend has recovered his spirits much better than I had hoped he would.  He has kept himself increasingly occupied & is just finishing a large picture of the "Angel delivering Peter from Prison which will be by far his best picture.  It goes to the Gallery.___ We often talk of[[strikethrough]]ten[[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] our old coffee-drinkings & indulge ourselves in the hope of their being once more renewed [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] in their [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] original state.___ We have been alarmed by the fear of losing our worthy land-lady by a violent attack of the gout, she is now however (thank Heaven) very nearly recovered.___ Harriet remains still unmarried & Betsy has become a strapping woman.___ Mrs Hatton has