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with a jerk. Americans are all working hard to help in picking up the pieces M. Merman Hays has [[?]] [[with?]] ambulances at the front,& has saved hundreds of lives. [[Mrs ?]] Hayes nursed in the hospital at [[?]] all summer, she looked worn out when she came down here. Your uncle Anthony has an ambulance at Havre I was told which of course you know. When will [[sale?]] be over? I heard today from London that it is thought in England that August will be the last of the fighting The collapse of Austria [[end page]] [[start page]] will bring about the end in the Balkans the war [[began?]] and no [[doubt?]] will [[end?]] there- I am here with my [[Sinas?]] Chamber Maid who has been with me more than three years and knows all the ways of the house. She and a cook from Grasse Take care of me and the [[dogs?]]. Mathilde and her sister are a cross the frontier at Bordyhera, poor Mathilde has lost 30 lbs fretting over my seperation; I have this place for this winter & it isnt a time to pay more zeal than can be helped