time so much wish to remain at Home, that in::dependant of the Pleasure I experience in devotingany portion of my Time to my Dear Eloisa, yet theLiberty I claim from having a Letter to write ofspending an Evening at home with my littleBoy, You know me well enough to be sensible,will of itself be a sufficient Inducement (if oneis neceſsary) to my maintaining with Pleasurea Correspondence with you. As to the Subjects ofyour Letters to me, whether Grave or Merry, if they concern you they must be equally interestingto youme; Not¹ but that I think the MelancholyIndulgence of your own Sorrows by repeating them & dwelling on them to me, will only encourage and increase them, and that it will be more prudent in you to avoid so sad a subject; but