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But, speaking of "delay
of a week or two before the
books come," when must the
classes begin the studies
assigned to me? Are these
studies all deferred till I
come? And when am I ex-
pected? When I last
wrote to Pres. Welch, I said
substantially that my wife's
health and circumstances
previously referred to, make
my movements uncertain and
push any [illegible] rather in-
definitely into the end of Spring
or opening of Summer; and he
replied to the affect that
matters could be easily ar-
ranged accordingly. As to
my wife's health, the degree
and length of her disablement
after passing a crisis in prospect,
cannot be predicted.
As to