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[[underlined]] May 5th 1895. [[/underlined]]

The day in the country was as I told Mr Cottenet "one of the happiest, if not the happiest and most refreshing days I have [[insertion]]ever[[/insertion]] had in my long life".  It was a series of pleasures from the moment I saw Mama's head disappearing in the carriage and felt myself [[underlined]]free[[/underlined]] to the second we got off the Ferry again and found ourselves back in New York.  To tell you just what we did would not account fully for my pleasure, it was more the spirit of it all, that delightful feeling
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of being away from form and affectation, of being completely free in the open air.  When we got down to Mr Cottenets house his mother stood on the porch to receive us and showed Adele and myself up to a room where we might change our clothes (for we brought down our habits).  The house is [[underlined]] lovely [[/underlined]], homelike, old fashioned, delightful.  Adele & myself were both so happy that simply to live was a pleasure a delight.  I could not realize