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13 Pomeworth Street, Stoneham, Mass.
Friday, July 10, 1931

Dear Folks,

As usual I have been lazy about getting my letter written, and shall now have to hurry to get it down in time for the mail man. I was so sleepy after dinner that I could not keep my eyes open, so had to give up and lie down. Consequently I lost a good lot of time.

I was ever so glad to get your letters on this morning's mail. I was sorry that Mr. Holmes was upset at my coming away, but am glad that he is all right again now. If he won't get upset all over again, I may run out once in a while in the middle of the week, when there are not so many other visitors running in as there are likely to be on Saturday and Sunday, and stay a day or two. If doing so is only going to cause him to go all through a nervous upset when I go away again, however, perhaps I had better not come. 

I have been doing a good deal of typing, and I have done a number of odd jobs also, but I still have not made an appreciable beginning on all that I have to do. My stomach has been upset, and so the cause of a great deal of inertia. 

Just now the sun is shining again after a second sudden shower, which has caused me to hustle up stairs to the top floor to close windows, wipe off window sills, and reopn [[reopen]] windows once more. I like to do it when I can in order to save Mrs. Pettengill's having to come up two flights of stairs. She is so good to wait on me and do things for me that I like to do little things like what for her when I can. 

Yesterday I sprinkled and ironed that dotted voile dress I wore commencement time, and a couple of slips. To-day I sprinkled another, but have not yet ironed it. I have a suit and three more dresses to iron and several to wash and iron, so I am trying to get them done by doing a little at a time. This morning I evened off the bottom of a dress that I began to make some time in April, I guess. I think that I may finish that this week also, but there are a dozen or more to do after I get that one off my hands.

Mrs. Pettengill likes the little one that I bought in Stoughton. I have been wearing it almost constantly, and now it is ready for washing as well as some of the others.
 
I hope that Mr. Holmes is taking his medicine regularly. Any clogging of the system will tend to increase the pressure and make him worse. The doctor spoke of the necessity of keeping his bowels open.

I hope that you are finding it quieter now that I am away. I sometimes felt that there was more excitement around when I was there than would have been if I had been away. Be careful of yourself, and tell Mr. Holmes not to go everywhere Mr. Ring asks him to, if he is not feeling like it. Mr. Ring doesn't understand, that is all. He means to be entertaining. 

I enjoyed Doris's letters. Thank you for sending them.

Now good-night,
Lena