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I am trying to read Kipling's "Kim", but I must confess my headway is rather slow, as the sea air & the boat has its usual effect on me, and if I did not consider your feelings more than you suppose, I might be inclined to elope with the First Officer, who is somewhat unapproachable— and therefore, perhaps, all the more fatal to my peace.

Well, as soon as I land I shall proceed to find out where [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] to pitch my tent for the summer and put all superfluous energy into mod-