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he in England? Jean wrote that to me the other day.  Ed had been to see her the first time in nine years, she thought him looking a perfect wreck, & felt very badly about it, & says he will never survive the Phillipines; Emily writes just the same & is surprised that the family allow him to go there; I was glad she showed some feeling about him, if only Ed had treated her in the seperation with more consideration, if the charges he brought against her could have been proved then he might to have got the divorce & the charge of his child, but I am sure


they could not be proved - Well there is no use saying anything more, but my heart aches for your poor father in law, he did not deserve this grief, but we don't always get our deserts -
I had a visit from Juliet De Costa & her husband  They came out to lunch with me & we had some pleasant talk of home. They also had seen the divorce story, & I could see that they had also come to the conclusion it was about Ed & Emily - You cannot imagine what a summer we have had, even here, it has rained, & every where else it has been one continuous downpour, I began to wonder why my cistern did