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always been burned before we separated. Such letters as I have had from
France, I have always destroyed as soon as I have read them. Perilous stuff
of that sort should never be left about. No; they may ransack the place from
top to bottom, and nothing will be found that could not be read aloud,
without harm, in the marketplace of Lancaster.
"So now, to bed, Charlie. It is long past your usual hour."
