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5 Dr. M. Allen Sturge & his wife have been here, they left yesterday for London. Next week I go to visit Miss Sturge in Hants, then I return here. By that time I shall know what I am to do about Italy. Just now cholera is in Italy. I dread the dirt & disease there, & being there alone. If you were with me I would not mind or have any fear. In October I am going up to London for a few weeks. I am asked to pay a visit in Cambridge & I may go there, also down to [[strikethrough]] Bristol [[/strikethrough]] Brighton & I may go. I may go over to Germany for a visit to [[Barmern Loceles?]] in Dresden, if I do not go to Italy. I am going to write Miss Cook & tell her of the delight I had hearing the Messiah, in the Cathedral on Wednesday. I went again to Wells Cathedral with Dr. & Mrs. Sturge. It is a few hours from here by train but it rained so I could not go about except in the Cathedral. It was interesting to be with Dr. & Mrs. S., who are well versed in the Cathedral & pointed out
Transcription Notes:
cholera the disease.
Hants refers to Hampshire in England.