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beginning the first of November - Baty's is open again - I had [[strikethrough]] lunch [[/strikethrough]] yesterday an a dinner there today- In all such palaces as these I am getting tired seeing men and their girls - but one of these fine days now I'll have my girl back and fine boy into the bargain- and then when this massacre is finished we'll all have some glad - gay days together- My big man may not turn out so fat after all - After my experience with cutting stone this summer I am able to give much more firmness and precision to my forms in the clay- Good night mon petite lots of love- Your boy- John -