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verb ending from another but would tell him anything he'd like to know. He seemed to be vaguely amused at my confessions & immediately produced the most difficult cultivated Spanish I've ever seen. Thank fortune it was easy for me as it was almost precisely like Italian & I passed with flags flying.  It was the most delightful piece of luck I've ever met with & I left the old gentleman who was almost as pleased as I & declared me quite competent to translate.

I'm going to Middleburg on May 1st for two weeks.  Will you be back before that?   I do hope so as I want awfully to see you.  & Now I must cease as mother is making me turn my thoughts towards the unpleasant subject of bed-