Lexington -
Kentucky -
Aug 22ond 1886
I sincerely hope your acquaintance with me in the future will be much pleasanter than it has been.
If I have unintentionally written anything that wounded your feelings, I sincerely, candidly & honestly beg your pardon.
I am sorry I wrote the word wary so badly that you read it weary. in fact I was sorry at the time there seemed to be a need for my writing the letter. & trusted you would know, my motive was for the good of the bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, but, I was unfortunate in the wording of the phrase. I have not been weary of the book, indeed, I could not learn it fast enough. & I do not blame you for being jealous for it. I was and am very jealous for it & the work myselfAs Written:my self & I know you will not think hard of me or anyoneAs Written:any one for being cautious, careful & particular, going slow, so as to be sure.
I have bought three books myselfAs Written:my self, induced my sister to buy one & influenced others to buy and read, I do not state this to brag, but to show you that I could not have meant to use the word weary, I have been impatient to grasp every idea and to prove my understanding so that could grasp & retain your instructions, I was fully prepared from the first to love & honor you as the rest of your students seem to do, & it would have been no seeming with me, it would & will be real I am sorry this has troubled you I know there was a mistake somewhere: & could not be satisfied about it, this is why I have been so persistentAs Written:persistant, & your rejection hurt me too bad to mention, Now! I am perfectly willing to abide your time & judgment. If I am not ready I can be patient. I am patience itselfAs Written:its self when there is a need. & I do not want you to take me, until you are satisfied you are right. Do not take me upon anybody'sAs Written:any body's recommendationAs Written:recomendation or insistenceAs Written:insistance, but for my own honest self. I am now perfectly willing to wait. I have not received your permission to come, but, received the one addressed to Mrs Laurance. I do not think I can possibly reach BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts by the 30th My husband & daughter left the 16th. I have invited guests for the 1st sep- Two youngest children have a belief of chickenpox As Written: chicken-pox but, none of these As Written: thease things should prevent me, nor shall they, if I can get someoneAs Written:some one to stay with my Mother & children & you wish me to come, in other words. I do not feel free to go to you so long as you have any reluctance bout having me.