Dear Dorothea

Coming back.

I have neglected you for too long, so many griefs and bereavements got in between us, but now I am back and the reading has found me again, although most words are lost to me. I have not forgotten you, though, I still want to become more like you and those who made so much difference and still are buried in unvisited tombs.

I am currently reading about your literary brother, Silas Marner, he is conceived by the same parent as you, George Eliot. You will hear from him soon.

Greetings in Christ!