me of the specious totality of old wood-work which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault , with no disturbance from the breath of the external air .
I have turned very gray -- Liddy remindedremindme of it , only yesterday , by sayingsaythat a little bluing in the rinse-water would make my hair silvery , instead of a yellowish white .
My daughter and my grandchild join with me in desiring to be most kindly remembered to the amiable girl ; and they bidbidme remindremindyou , that the annual visit to Howard Grove , which we were formerly promisedpromise, has been discontinueddiscontinuefor more than four years .