Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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perhaps telling me of your parents' peremptory orders that you sh[oul]d never leave your native country, not even to join your husband, 5 but God grant Eliza that it may be otherwise. May God grant that not only will your parents be the opposite of averse, but rejoice at our union. I feel Eliza that 10 I love you even deeper than I thought I did. You are constantly in my thoughts, first thought in the morning is about you [and] the last thought at night is about you. 15 When I untyed my trunk to get dry trousers [and] clothes after the sea struck her I observed your portrait wh[ic]h I put in between my shirts [and] my flannel, just 20 over my heart [and] I wear it there now. Oh Lassie but I w[oul]d give almost all I have to know what is doing in your house, [End of Page 52]
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