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"Believe me, my dear sir, my gratitude is warmly excited by such

affectionate attention; and, depend upon it, you will speedily

receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every

other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire. As for

my fair cousins, though my absence may not be long enough to

render it necessary, I shall now take the liberty of wishing them

health and happiness, not excepting my cousin Elizabeth."