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instruction[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]]. She was delighted; she likes Miss D. While she was in Washington, Miss D. saw the [[strikethrough]] house [[/strikethrough]] theater and house where Lincoln died. "And I found out that the building (house) was owned by a Mr. Peterson, a Scandinavian," she beamed. She thought the tragic atmosphere of the place [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] very well preserved.

Well, the clothes are almost dry and Mrs. B. is very soon due. I can hardly wait: there is pork roast.

She has arrived and my clothes are ironed; the rest are almost dry. Grandma has just gotten up from a nap and writing you. She was pleased by Lena's letter, and is sending it along also. This will be a fat envelope!

I am beginning to dislike M. Pelmont, and I'm sure [[strikethrough]] he is [[/strikethrough]] vice versa: when I put up my hand, he always calls on me last (which I can't blame, for my questions are usually in bad French & besides foolish). We are not doing much actual conversation; Monday's work is usually reading from the plays (contemporary dramatists - Edmond Sée, Romain Jules, etc. - & very good for the types of unlikable characters they portray), with an occasional question; Wednesday each person makes a short speech, to be corrected later on paper by his notes; for Friday there is a large written (25 lines) paragraph to be translated into French. We usually make millions of mistakes, especially since the book doesn't have