Memoir of the Chisholm

184 FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE.
that you are enabled to read at prayers with-
out fatigue or difficulty. I will be careful
about cold ; I do not think I shall be likely
to go out of town again for some time.
" Thank you for the Sunderland Paper : I
have not read, but shall read Sir James Gra-
ham's speech.
" May the Almighty God bless you, my
dearest mother, and direct you for Christ's
sake, by the Holy Spirit !
" Ever your most affectionate Son,
"A. W. Chisholm."
" Lady Ramsay,
"&c. &c."
Meanwhile, the departure of his brother for
Canada, to the prospect of which allusion has
been already made in the foregoing letters,
drew nigh; and he thus notices the event
in the following letter :
" London, April 5th, 1838.
" My dearest Mother, — I shall write
you all that I can about Duncan ; in the mean
time I may tell you that we parted cheerfully,
and why should we do otherwise, when we look