In her reply, she says:  “Your letter was to me what a glass of cold water would be when fainting.  I have pored over it so much, that I have got it by heart.  Friend Hopper, you first saw me in prison and visited me.  You followed me to the Asylum.  You did not forsake me.  You have changed a bed of straw to a bed of down.  May Heaven bless and reward you for it.  No tongue can express the gratitude I feel.  Many are the hearts you have made glad.  Suppose all you have dragged out of one place and another were to stand before you at once!  I think you would have more than you could shake hands with in a month; and I know you would shake hands with them all.”

For a few months, she behaved in a very satisfactory manner, though occasionally unsettled and depressed.  She wrote that the worthy woman with whom she lived was ‘both mother and friend to her.’  But the country was gloomy in the winter, and the spirit of unrest took possession of her.  She went to Philadelphia and plunged into scenes of vice for a week or two; but she quickly repented, and was rescued by her friends.  I have seldom seen Friend Hopper so deeply pained as he was by this retrograde step in one whom he had rejoiced over, “as a brand plucked from the burning.”  After awhile, he addressed a letter to her, in which he says:  “I should have written to thee before, but I have been at a loss what to say.  I have cared for thee, as if thou hadst been my own child.  Little did I think thou wouldst ever disgrace thyself, and distress me, by associating with the most vile.  Thou wert wonderfully snatched from a sink of pollution.  I hoped thou wouldst appreciate the favor, and take a fresh start in life, determined to do well.  Better, far better, for thee to have lingered out a wretched existence in Bloomingdale Asylum, than to continue in such a course as that thou entered upon in Philadelphia.  My heart is pained while I write.  Indeed, thou art seldom out of my mind.  Most earnestly, and affectionately, I beseech thee to change thy course.  Restrain evil thoughts and banish them from thee.  Try to keep thy mind quiet, and stayed upon thy Heavenly Father.  He has done much for thee.  He has followed thee in all thy wanderings.  Ask him to forgive thy iniquity, and he will have mercy on thee.  Thou mayest yet be happy thyself, and make those happy who have taken a deep interest in thy welfare.  But if thou art determined to pursue evil courses, after all that has been done for thee, let me tell thee thy days will be brief and full of trouble; and I doubt not thou wilt end them within the walls of a prison.  I hope better things of thee.  If thou doest well, it will afford encouragement to assist others; but if thy conduct is bad, it may be the means of prolonging the sufferings of many others.  I am still thy friend, and disposed to do all I can for thee.”