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all trying to see which can get in the most words in the shortest time. The countess is quite a fine looking woman and seems to be quite the go with the Austrian and the com.

Her table manners are worthy of a german, she uses her knife entirely and loads it as she would a cart or something like that, [[rest of the?]] time she gesticulates and points with her fork, otherwise she has no use for it. I think if she were in America she would get a place in the kitchen if table manners counted for anything.  

So you liked the fellow who came to ask about the drunken cook and he liked so well that he took the trouble to ask the questions over twice: well that is good. He must have been greatly struck. Can't say I blame him.  

So, Mag thinks Mr. A is trying to cut someone out of someone. Well that's bad news and I like him for a friend but I find you never can tell about these things. However I shall be home soon, (if anything happens) and then if he comes around to the maples any oftener than I do I don't think he will have much time to look after his store in S. B.

Tell Mag. to stick to me and she will wear diamonds (if she will pay for them herself). Last night there was a grand illumination in St. Marc's sq. It cost them 12000 francs. That's 2400 dollars. It was a beautiful sight.  

We had an invitation to occupy the windows of Mr. Testolini's shop. He keeps the swell Venetian glass store of the place. The countess and all the crowd were there and we enjoyed it very much. It was all decorated with different colored glass globes and draped with banners and palms and at the top of each post were there huge lilies of the valley with a light in them.  Then all the people in costume 

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