“Three-and-twenty!⁠—is he indeed?⁠—Well, I could not have thought it⁠—and he was but two years old when he lost his poor mother! Well, time does fly indeed!⁠—and my memory is very bad. However, it was an exceeding good, pretty letter, and gave Mr. and Mrs. Weston a great deal of pleasure. I remember it was written from Weymouth, and dated Sept. 28th⁠—and began, ‘My dear Madam,’ but I forget how it went on; and it was signed ‘ F. C. Weston Churchill.’⁠—I remember that perfectly.”

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