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Four letters, ranging from insecurities about her looks and their relation-ship to domestic trivialities. 19 September; 23 September; 24 September; 25 September E6,000/9,000 19 September. 7 pages on 7 sheets. In a bad mood, she expresses her

Four letters, ranging from insecurities about her looks and their relation-ship to domestic trivialities. 19 September; 23 September; 24 September; 25 September E6,000/9,000 19 September. 7 pages on 7 sheets. In a bad mood, she expresses her insecurities. She is concerned that when they see each other again their relationship will take a turn for the worse. Terrified of meeting someone new, his cousin who is supposed to visit. Insecure about her physical appearance, particularly her complexion. Sends him a long quote from abiography of Louis XIV she is reading for history class, the gist being "there is no harder work than idleness." 23 September. 6 pages on 6 sheets. Apologizes for missing a day in her letter writ-ing, scolds him for not following orders by going to Rochester the day after he left the hospital instead of taking it easy, questions why hehas alienated his family, sends him a quote from her sociology book oncooperation. 24 September. 6 pages on 6 sheets. Letter begins with an amusing story about her troubles opening the elaborately sealed box from him and only to find it filled with comic books. Talks about mutual friends and about hanging out with her family instead of going to a party. She worries about their relationship. Closes the letter writing about French class. 25 September. 6 pages on 6 sheets. Writes about the unusually cool weather, describes her sister leaving for thefirst out-of-town football game, updates him on the progress of her quilt and draws a small picture of its design, tells him about learning new recipes, that her mother gave her a cookbook and asks himwhat she should learn to cook for him.

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