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[[postage]] Via Queenstown Joe Evans Esq. Cornwall on Hudson N.Y. Etats-Unis d' Amerique [[/postage]] 25 Rue de Laval. Paris. 1884 My dear Joe I should have responded more promptly to your letter of the 2nd May which I received some time ago, but the fact is I've been rather upset lately. I've not been feeling particularly well, and have been perhaps a little more sour tempered than usual, then Cranford and Platt went off the other day and I have been moving, from the Rue de La Victoire up here. I accomplished this herculean feat [[content obscured]] /pleted /ny /osh /ny wash /e thought /ght with Miss have . I had [[a ? ---ful ? ]], [[/content obscured]] as indeed I always do when I go to see you or your people. I had the pleasure of escorting them to the Opera three
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