1Midwood,
2Palmyra Road,
3Newlands
4Sunday
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6My darling Betty
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8I am spending a few days with Jessie Rose-Innes. I had a great treat
9today – Mrs ^Bowlas^ came to lunch & we spent all the afternoon
10together talking How fine she is. She spoke with such love of you &
11our Alice.
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13She told me of all you did for her years & years ago, when she was in
14trouble about her father, & she showed me the beautiful little bag she
15had with her which you gave her. She is a delightful woman. I hope we
16shall see much more of each other. Tomorrow she is going for a drive
17in the motor car with Lady Innes & me to show me where your little
18house & Alices is.
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20Dear little Lucy came here yesterday & we had a chat. I am going back
21to my lodgings on Friday I suppose all the party from England will
22arrive next week.
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24Good night
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26Wednesday. Lady Innes drove me & Mrs Bowlas out to your little cottage.
27 Oh Betty it went to my heart, all your old pictures & books, even
28your old walking boots & Alices on the top of a box. I seemed to see
29you both. You can hardly know what I felt. Its a sad little place it
30will soon be falling to bits if nothing is done for it: there were big
31cracks in the walls. It seemed like my heart. D We saw the nice old
32woman who lived next door.
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34Mas-abala’s trial comes on the 2nd I think the nationalists will win
35at the next
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37^election. Cron says your brother Percy asked him Cron to return a book
38he had lent to him. Cron says he has had no such book from him, &
39asked me if I ho Did Percy not perhaps give you a book to pass on to
40Cron which you forgot to give him?^
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