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Here is one of her last letters , dated Kirkcaldy , 12th October , 1811 . You can see how her nature is deepening and enriching : -- `` MY DEAR MOTHER , -- You will think that I entirely forget you but I assure you that you are greatly mistaken . I think of you always and often sigh to think of the distance between us two loving creatures of nature . We have regular hours for all our occupations first at 7 o'clock we go to the dancing and come home at 8 we then read our Bible and get our repeating , and then play till ten , then we get our music till 11 when we get our writing and accounts we sew from 12 till 1 after which I get my gramer , and then work till five . At 7 we come and knit till 8 when we dont go to the dancing . This is an exact description . I must take a hasty farewell to her whom I love , reverence and doat on and who I hope thinks the same of