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Case 2716

3. Letter from M's brother to M. 26 January 1891

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think you are quite able to afford to spend a penny or two on paper & envelopes I hope you will make up your mind to be a good girl & try to do what you are told. try & make yourself as comfortable as you can where you are for you know as I told you, you can never expect to come back to Mrs Hutchon's any more & where you are now is better I should think than in a school or reformatory where you will have to go if Mrs Worley will not have you. I shall come down as soon as ever I can you may be sure of that & in the meantime do not forget to write to me every week. I have put a card inside this that Mother has given me for you & do try to be a good girl, I hope you say your

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