Emily is well , and the children ought to be , for such rampageous young ones I never saw ! Emily ca n't do no more with them than an old hen with a brood of ducks . But , lawful heart , Anna , do n't mind about my little affairs ! The news Peter had for me about you when I got home fairly took my breath . He came down to the garden gate to shout it before I was out of the wagon . I could n't believe but what he was joking at first . You should have seen Peter . He had an old red shawl tied round his rheumatic shoulder , and he was waving his arms like a crazy man . I declare , I thought the chimney was afire ! Theodosia , Theodosia ! ' he shouted . ` Anna March has had a fortune left her by her brother in Australy , and she 's bought the old Carroll place , and is going to move up there ! ' That was his salute when I got home . I 'd have been over before this to hear all about it , but things were at such sixes and sevens in the house that I could n't go visiting until I 'd straightened them out a bit . Peter 's real neat , as men go , but , lawful heart , such a mess as he makes of housekeeping ! I did n't know you had a brother living . '' `` No more did I , Theodosia . I thought , as everyone else did , that poor Charles was at the bottom of the sea forty years ago . It 's that long since he ran away from home . He had a quarrel with Father , and he was always dreadful high-spirited .
He went XXXXX sea , and we heard that he had sailed for England in the Helen Ray .
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