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-arily by most people in the Gulf of Mexico it is a pity that you were not treated to better but it is in my humble opinion that where ever one goes they have the fortune to run as "an exceptional season": at least that is what the old inhabitants call it. 

Here we are just outside of Paris at this Hotel which is a very beautiful little place and quite comfortable. Mrs. S. had the unkindness to go and get a diptheritic sore throat of exceptional severity some three weeks ago and was so pulled down in strength by it that we have had to