Greene and Cary had done the same . They were his nearest neighbours and were three miles away . He had knocked up a little shack , was learning to cook his own meals , and was very busy . He thought the country was a grand one and the prospects good . Theodosia answered his letter and told him all the Heatherton news . She signed herself `` Theodosia Brooke , '' but otherwise there was nothing in the letter to indicate that it was written by a wife to her husband . At the end of a year Wesley wrote and once more asked her to go out to him . He was getting on well , and was sure she would like the place . It was a little rough , to be sure , but time would improve that . `` Wo n't you let bygones be bygones , Dosia ? '' he wrote , `` and come out to me . Do , my dear wife . '' Theodosia wrote back , refusing to go . She never got any reply , nor did she write again . People had given up talking about the matter and asking Theodosia when she was going out to Wes . Heatherton had grown used to the chronic scandal within its decorous borders . Theodosia never spoke of her husband to anyone , and it was known that they did not correspond . She took her youngest sister to live with her . She had her garden and hens and a cow . The farm brought her enough to live on , and she was always busy .
* * * * * When fifteen years had gone by there were naturally some changes XXXXX Heatherton , sleepy and ; unprogressive as it was .
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