A Bundle of Letters

A Bundle of Letters, by Henry James
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Title: A Bundle of Letters
Author: Henry James Release Date: May 8, 2005 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #2425]
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Transcribed from the 1887 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk. Proofing by Andy McLauchan and David Stapleton.
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS by Henry James
CHAPTER I
FROM MISS MIRANDA MOPE, IN PARIS, TO MRS. ABRAHAM C. MOPE, AT BANGOR, MAINE. September 5th, 1879. My dear mother—I have kept you posted as far as Tuesday week last, and, although my letter will not have reached you yet, I will begin another before my news accumulates too much. I am glad you show my letters round in the family,
for I like them all to know what I am doing, and I can’t write to every one, though I try to answer all reasonable expectations. But there are a great many unreasonable ones, as I suppose you know—not yours, dear mother, for I am bound to say that you never required of me more than was natural. You see you are reaping your reward: I write to you before I write to any one else. There is one thing, I ...