Wasn't it sweet of Mrs. McBride to ask me? It appears that sheHe detests letter-writing and does not wish you to become a burden.taking this scholarship I am depriving someone else of an education,
and the support of the family falls upon the oldest daughter,I shall never like any one so much as Sallie--except you. I mustExcuse me for filling my letters so full of Stevenson; my mindto Europe this summer--for the moment I was intoxicated by the idea;