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v. 1829-1840 After the Stir & Sweep of Travel, inward shocks accrue. The boy Johnny I left is no boy now & knows me not, pulls away and toys among his pockets. I fear you have indulged him, as I was & wish was not. Arrangements vegetal and social have not stayed where left, nor should I expect so, except that they retire in a traveller's mind to half-thought, sheltered from motions that revise the world in such easeful increments as to be invisible to the daily sight. My sons strangely tall, all towns bigger & the Night heron more wary, as his kind has provided many campfires with crisp & delicate roasts. Zephyr that stout & savvy hunter, gone. —Victor wants to marry. I am startled, although I suppose he is of the age. Has this been a secret saved for my Return? Home has changed more than I first perceived, but I •will overtake circumstances. Now let wine bloom in our best glasses. Let's drink to the children, Lucy, and they to us! More! 39 ...

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