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a glow. So much of a glow that you could see it away acrost the house. 

There was some very good variety performers. The best ones were some Americans who did nigger business. Then the whole thing wound up with another Rustie ballet in which some girls dressed as sailors waived the English flag around for an hour or two while some others cheered as peasants did a Maypole dance. It was pretty bad. The whole wound up as usual with God save the queen, and the people rushed for home. They allow you to smoke in all parts of the house 

I can imagine your disgust when you read that. Never mind dear, the poor things have got to do something to amuse themselves. I know I have to. I feel as if I was going to take a trip out of the world tomorrow night. I suppose by the next we will be in a land where we dont know a word of 

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the language while you are comfortably lodged at home. I tell you one never knows what the word home means till he has knocked about in a foreign country a while. We may go from Venice down the Mediterranean. Seeing Smyrna, Constantinople, Cairo, Gibraltar, and so up to Liverpool and thenc home. That is of course after we have studied. It wont cost very much and we will see about all there is to see. Of course if there is any chol.[[cholera]] we wont go. I hope I get a letter from you before I leave as I feel d. blue and thoughts of you and a letter will brace me up. How did the spring letter strike you? I know well enough that you were disgusted but I cant help it. Don't be dis. with a fellow when he is away. Wait till I get back and blow me up then. I guess I shall have