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were standing somewhere near by among the rustic fences and faded upholstery—  If you want to be very swell you ought to go and have a family group - Harry Sr with all his sons - baby on his knee and you standing up behind little Harry - that is what the Crowned heads and other persons of distinction do only Harry and Jamie should be dressed exactly alike in little Sailor suits—    As for your sending me the whole of 100 frcs you dear thing it is quite too much and you ought not to have done it - you and Harry—  All the same it makes me feel awful good to think how I shall enjoy spending it - I shant be in a hurry as being so long with a Whitlock has made me think and look and go 600 times before spending any money - and I'm determined this shall count—  I am all the time looking for a chair but dont see one I want 

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I think you must have denied yourself to do it but I feel all the love that came with the money and long to give you a great hug to show it—  I suppose there will be some duty - but there should not be much  not more than 50cts if as much to pay on those books—  The peice [[piece]] marks were in them and I hope the custom house people will understand them—  At any rate I want you to pay it out of that $7- you have—  I have had a card saying that my box is coming - I am so afraid the books will not get there before christmas and they being for the boys are most important as far as being on time is concerned—  I think our Christmas, Thanks to our good friends, is going to be as jolly as under the circumstances it could be—  Margaret Lesley, B.B has asked us to dinner tomorrow night, Christmas eve, and I 'spect we'll have Turkey and Cranberry sauce!