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Francisco to talk about a plan.

A tall, handsome woman appeared about a week later.  Helen Cutting was a fascinating woman, breezy, vivacious, brimming over with energy, brid and imagination.  she had travelled with her husband, Suydam Cutting, to Thibet and the result of the journey was an excellent book, "The Year of the Fire-Ox."  She was one of those women who could not bear to be inactive.

In the original discussion, I told her the first problem would be to find looms small enough to fit on the sides of a hospital bed or perhaps on a tray placed across the arms of a wheel chair.  Looms of ordinary sizes could be used for ambulatory cases and men capable of working at a table.  Then ideas seemed to come tumpling over each other, demanding expression.

"It seems to me there are many things other than weaving that might be tried," I said.  "What about