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of the 24th of November before the winter had begun and see how far short of my plans I have fallen.  How about the book - How about the study it was going to bring you, the change of thought it was going to suggest.  How about all this.-  It [[underlined]] was [[/underlined]] then only a phantom of the imagination, ah me.  Child you would have done better had you followed the higher instincts within you.  And how have your days been spent - tell me.  Put it down in black & white and then you will see the waste of time it shows.

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very often upstairs.  At ten after a dinner, none at all often after a dance since I was not called till one.  What was left of the morning was divided into two parts, one answering notes, the other walking. After lunch came a little practicing or reading, but very little, say half an hour, then out with Mama, calling or down to see Esther with my maid, or to the skating Club, or to see some one else.  Home at about five when there were almost always visits and then just time to dress for dinner at eight.