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The girls here were out in short sleeved summer dresses,— unlike any place since Paris. It is a 3-day holiday - starting this Sat noon, Sunday & Monday - the Monday being bank holiday. But Sid says he can get in at the museum to work. He is quite happy being in his old surroundings, even tho there are great bomb gaps all about us. The next block is partly destroyed; of 49 churches only 1 untouched. Buckingham Palace, St Paul's, House of Parliament all damaged. 3/4 of the buildings received some damage, 5% completely destroyed. 60,000 killed, 85,000 injured.

Now I must get up and get ready for supper. Sid has finished rummaging thru the suit cases & spreading all their contents about the place. It looks ready to fly in consequence, but he is quite happy being thus surrounded by his household possessions!

Doris has a little room up another flight, right next to the bathroom. Sid & she both exclaimed, "How fortunate!" and she is enjoying her little siesta, I hope, but it is 5 minutes to 7---I must hustle up.
Doris


So. Kensington, England.
5 Aug 1950.

Dear Ma: 

At last I have letters from you,- 4, ever since July 17th. I don't think I'll ever see the ones you wrote previously, tho'. You can depend on the British tho'. One was sent a month ago to me addressed to the Brit. Museum simply, and they held it faithfully. It seems like getting home again to reach England, where you don't have the strain always of trying to understand strange tongue and be understood.

We had a good boat ride over from Holland last night, but didn't get there till 10.30, and the boat left at 11 P.M. and we had to leave at 5.30 A.M. so our sleep was limited. And Sid met us at the London station and took us to the place he had found near the National History Museum. It was one that an entomologist at the Wash D.C. museum had stayed at & he recommended. And it seems very good - a shabby old hotel, but comfortable with high walls, good beds with their usual linen bed linen and soft feather filled comforters, and a wash faucet basin in each bedroom. I think we will probably stay here. It is very handy to the museum. As usual when we reach a place all tuckered out from  overnight travel Sid