headquarters of Quakerdom, and all the enchanting nosegays come
from "a Philadelphia friend," the latter word dashed under, as if
to indicate a member of the religious fraternity always called by
that kindly title here....

I think my father has some idea of bringing out "The Star of
Seville" here, and if he does I shall break my heart that it was
not brought out first in England. Emily always reproaches me with
want of patriotism. I have more than helps to make me cheerful
here, and leaving England--not home, and not you, but England,
England--for two years, seems to me now ridiculous, and fabulous,
and preposterous, and disastrous.

I have finished my first volume of Graham, and I have finished this
letter. God bless you!

Ever your affectionate
F. A. K.

PHILADELPHIA, November 2, 1832.
DEAREST H----,

I received your fifth letter to-day, and one from Dorothy, and one
from Emily Fitzhugh.... My last letter to you was a sad one, and
sad in a fashion that does not often occur to me. I was troubled
and anxious about my professional labor and its results, and that
may be called a small sadness compared with some other with which I
have lately become familiar. Of course none of these anxieties have
been removed, for some time must elapse before I can know on what
plan my father determines with regard to Mr. Bartley's proposal
about this new theater. It does not affect me personally, because I
am thoroughly determined to take no part in any speculation of the
kind; but the possibility of my father entering into any such
scheme is care enough to "kill a cat," and make a kitten miserable
besides.... In all matters, but especially in matters of business,
I hold frankness, straightforwardness, and decision as conducive to
success, as consonant with right feeling; but I think men are much
more cowardly than women, and believe a great deal more in policy,
temporizing, and expediency than we do. "Managing" is supposed to
be a feminine tendency; it has no place in my composition; perhaps
I might be the better for a little of it--but only perhaps, and
only a little.... This letter, as you will perceive by its date,
was begun on the bank