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do not consider that I would be beneath rejoicing in those treasures either. I believe you would be just as happy to see my little treasure trotting merrily about my room as he is now laughing & hammering the floor with a stick & calling "Cecil Cecil" as hard as he can - as to see the Doge's Palace - now would'nt you? Only you can see Cecil again after the gondolas and the time worn marbles have printed themselves safely & surely upon your memory - which will be better - on the whole than missing them altogether! I cannot have baby's picture taken