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When I don't get up by dinner he comes in and with one leap is upon me -  I think he thinks I must be lying freezing on the Steppes of Russia for he puts his front paws on my shoulder and he's covering my body licking my hands as if he wanted to wake me well again - This is repeated every afternoon - he never attempts it in the morning - and he gets so jealous of anyone who comes near [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] = me = He is getting so monstrously big that he is quite a handful to manage =
How darling of you to offer to send me a nurse.  Thank you dear ever and ever so much  - but I don't need one - Gertrude rubs me with alcohol and I am well cared for. =
Mary said you were willing to share in sending the statue to Dr. Trudeau.  Somehow if seemed the right thing to do - since this statue by the Frenchman A. Mercier meant so much to