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3/ Mary's room in the tower is nearly finished. The main room is 16 x 16, but we have put a "dark room" into it 4 x 5, so quite some space is gone that way. The view is lovely, it has no fireplace, but she can have an oilstove if she wants one. 

Have you heard from Kate? -

I have been interrupted by visitors, - but this is much easier in the summer than in the winter, for then I have to offer not tea or chocolate, & pudding of some sort, but now I give them watermelon grown on our own vine! The other evening just as we had finished supper 4 gentlemen arrived