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DOWN,

BECKENHAM, KENT

RAILWAY STATION

ORPINGTON. S.E.R.

Monday Sep. 18 (/82)

My dear George

I was afraid your Irish visit had proved not worth while — It was not Irish enough for one thing — It is a pity you could not stay longer at Whittinghame which you enjoy so much — A letter from Leo & B. is on its way to you (dated Sep 2

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off St. Vincent. B. was not very well with her head; but getting nearly all right & they had hardly touched their books. They were neither of them sea sick any longer. I am afraid this splendid success in Egypt will give L. a pang that he might have been there; but I think he wd have been a bad subject for all the Egyptian illnesses, & I don't think we are out

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of the wood in that respect yet. I have been downstairs & better for 2 days together so that I think I have really turned the corner, & an odd tedious malady it has been, considering how little unwell I was at the worst —

I have begun teaching Bernard again, which is a thing I miss much; but today I hear he is crying because James is going & does not like to come—

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He told me this mg. to my surprise that he liked James better than Jackson; but the only reason he gave was that James was much taller than Jackson. Miss Smith & Ella came over yesterday to luncheon, & it did very well, the day being quite exquisite.

All our visitors are gone which I am glad of as enabling me to go down stairs without any necessity of talking.

The 2 old brothers go to L. H. P. together today & I hope they will come together here on

[from p. 1:] Friday next, for tho' it is very tiring to talk to 2 deaf people — they make each other so happy that I feel sure they will be comfortable

yours my dear G.

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