Item 139 - Letter from Emma W[inkworth] to Nora Sidgwick

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States how interesting she finds Henry Sidgwick: A Memoir and says it gives one 'the story of the inner life'. Refers to the joy she felt when 'the "new sweetness" ' came into Henry's life, and remarks on how different all would have been had he not met Nora. Says howgrateful she always was to the Sidgwicks for their kindness in asking her to come and see them. Recalls Henry's patience with her 'crude setting forth of [her] ideas'. Tells Nora to [burn] the enclosed [not included], and explains that they are for those to whom she gave 'the Life.' Adds that she is very grieved by Mr [Charles Saville?] Roundell's death, and reports that Mrs Roundell 'is terribly brokenhearted'. Recalls that Mr Roundell often stayed with her, and that she had learnt to love him, and so feels his wife's loss sorely.