I have thought. I do hope her mother influences upon her will be beneficial for we have had the care of her so long that I can not but feel deeply interested in her. Much as I am attached to her I am not so blinded to my own faults but that I can realize that it will perhaps be better for her disposition to be with her mother though I fear that as far as intellectual improvement is concerned it will not be for her profit. I have been studying algebra all day and am so tired I must get my books so as to commence with