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Down Sunday

[date added later:] Oct 8.76

Dear Geo.

I send these enclosures to mother to be returned to her & Mother's to be burnt.

I am very sorry to hear you are bad & unable to work.

It is so dreadfully dreary for you & horrid waste of time.

I am also sorry that the grand theory to explain the universe is gone squash.

[1v]

Tho' I never heard of it, but as entirely in the vague & haven't a notion what it was.

We are getting on very well here. The baby flourishing & with teaching me a little German & seeing to At Eliz Bessy find eno' to do- She is bearing up very bravely I think, for it is a daily & hourly loss to her wh. seems to darken her whole life. We have heard of a piece of Pantlludw news.

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but wh. seems only 1/2 announced i.e. that Alty is to many Amy's friend Ellie D'Arcy.

I am sorry for its happening first news for Frank's sake that a man engaged is only half a man to his friends & Fr. [Frank] seemed to take such great comfort from Alty.

We've been daily newsers lately & so have hardly followed the Times –

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