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hope and believe that you will find I am supporting you not unworthily.  My playing of the songs is, of course, uneven; I catch the spirit of some much more easily than that of others.  The worst of it is, that no possible notation will convey all the subtleties of expression, and even [[underlined]] I [[/underlined]] cannot always play some of them as they ought to be played, from the notation alone.  Still less can others who have not heard them sung.  I do them best when Francis is with me to warn, admonish and exemplify.  Of course, longer experience would remedy my present deficiencies.  Whether I shall ever get it, remains