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be in one dingy little London Lodging - and the Monday after that embarked upon the ocean— I do dread the voyage— The joy of seeing all of you will be the one great burst of sunshine after the horrid preceding weeks— As I told you in my last I want to come straight to B.H. and stay about two weeks - the studio will have to wait, as I dont want to be in town two or three days before I see any of you!

It was nice to hear in Aunt Emily's last - how well Grandma was - and down in the Baldwin Pavillion— You'll think me horrid in the way I shall not like to hear twangy voices— My Aunt Emily and Aunt Eliza and Grandma has'nt got 'em thank fortune - nor my brother-in-law - and my Uncle Will and my dearest sister dont need to have if she would only not raise her voice - but my precious nephews are I fear getting to have very much so ones— How I wish they could be thrown exclusively with nice English boys for a while and learn the language— And I wish I could stay until I learned it— I would'nt mind if people did laugh at me when I got home— I think I'd rather know it than French— You ought to hear George talk French; and he is very complacent over it, and likes to show off in it, in a quiet way— You should have heard the utter flatness of drawl with which he said the other day as he left the studio to go to luncheon - "Je vais mangay mon dinay"— The other day we were talking about French and I said one of the great difficulties was that it was so easy to forget it - if one did'nt speak constantly - and asked him if