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I should say that I love Paris while my pocketbook hates it.

Anyway. Bill Hackett, Firebug, Babe and I wended our way into the joyousness of the Interallied Officers' Club (this through Bill's brother Chauncey), the Café de la Paix, Prunier's (just the night before it closed for the summer months) Langers (where the Aces Club was) Marigny, Pré Catelan, the Chateau---

Well it began by meeting two [[strikethrough]] Aces [[/strikethrough]] bridal parties of American Officers and newly acquired French wives. Captain Bill Ponder (who is with me the only remnant of the American "aces" still over here, to our knowledge) and Lt. Thompson.

Major Loubrian ^[[and]] Mrs. Loubrian were also present. The ^[[newest]] groom ^[[(Ander)]] was visibly nervous. He shook when he spoke to me but all he