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simple sweet & touching.  It almost made me cry.  The new clergyman answers questions very well.  Went home with Sallie H. after the lesson was over.  Annie very busy with marriage preparations.
20th Friday.  A most dismal day for our small party.  The snow falling fast we did not expect any body would brave the storm but Marion [[Hussey?]] & Minnie Fowler came and some time after Alfred and Mr. Curtis followed by Dr. Otis.  Mr. Curtis entertained us with a song.  A decidedly new version of the story of Washington & the apple tree.  In wh. it was asserted  It is better to tell ten thousand lies than cut one apple tree.  Carry & Minnie gave us a charade.  Inspector  In which Mr. Curtis made
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[[underline]]March[[/underline]]  [[underline]]1868[[/underline]]
a most astonishing spectre of himself.  We finished up the evening with [[underline]]Count Papolini[[/underline]].  Gen. Hunter came early for the girls & seemed to enjoy the [[?]].
22nd Sunday.  Carry & I off for school before the rest of the family were up.  A very pleasant hour with my dear little girls.  If I thought I did them as much good as they do me I should be satisfied.  May the great Teacher of All teach me how to teach them.  I made a mistake about Ecce Homo.  I took the book up again this afternoon.  The bitterness of feeling ascribed to our Lord in his dying hours is the just & proper indignation of a pure & holy nature against wrong.  The author is rather unfortunate & misleading just there no [[?]] are of shame [[underline]]"resentment"[[/underline]]  Read some of it to Father
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