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She is always poking her fun at every one , and wants to know if I do n't make an exception in favour of Jessica . `` Jessica !! `` She and I get on together , however . So we need ; for she is an ardent worker in the parish , and morn and noon and dewy eve are she and I thrown together . Often , when I think to have an hour to myself for reading or writing , she comes to my room and sits over the fire with me , her petticoats carefully lifted , her feet on the fender -- I am tempted to wish her at Jericho ; but she is a good sort ... * * * * * `` 5 _ th December _ . `` Many thanks for your brilliant suggestion . Very thoughtful of you .