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Dearest Brandon, How are you doing? I hope this letter finds you doing well and in good health. Life for us has gotten worse since the last time we spoke. I am feeling very weak today and the tears are burning my eyes. This will probably be my last letter to you. Both of my little darlings have passed on and now Charles has taken ill and is bed ridden. I fear the end is near for him. This illness has stunned and plagued all of Europe. No one knows where it came from or how it started or when it will end. It seems like only yesterday Caitlyn was complaining of not feeling well. Dr. Garden came out to see her, but he was baffled and nothing he could do was working. I stayed up night and day looking after her praying and begging God to spare her life. She died 5 days ago. After my little angel Caitlyn died in my arms, I thought I would surely parish right beside her. Charles nearly lost his mind with