My dear Both / When your letter began / "dear Ned" & ended "Yours aff. / Caroline" I was mighty pleased / that is as it should be ' Said I. / But on further view I saw / it was not so, & a chill fell / over me. / But it was a dear letter / to send to an old thing - / who was'nt a bit sure that / he had done right. / I suppose it is right, since / friends say so - & it concerns / them as much as me. / Concerns Phil most - Oh that / Phil - I am a? in a / hurry to be begone he / may light a long cigar / & march down Bond St. / will a rich widow / want him now? many / years older that Phil. / that makes me anxious wish / I hadn't thought of it / But it was a loving dear / letter you sent me, & it / warmed my ancient heart. / indeed I have friends, haven't / I? d? them too / for I love them much. / Let us meet soon & / play & have fun / Yoursaffned