This is his first attempt at writing back to her.

这是他的第一封回信。

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And he began to write back, first to his fiancee who quickly became his wife, Mary, and he was really worried about all the slaves he owned.

随后他就开始写回信,首先给他的未婚妻玛丽,不久便结婚了,并且他对他所拥有的奴隶充满忧虑

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Then, I didn't get any response for like three months and then to my surprise I got a hand-written letter, in kind of a trembling handwriting; I still have it.

直到三个月后,我才收到回信,这竟然是一封手写的回信,爵士用他颤抖的手亲笔写的,我依然珍藏着

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