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Vera Andrus's letter artist - painter & printmaker of gloucester & Rockport. was friend of Beatrice's - worked at Met. Museum for many years - a Charming independent lady. now elderly? [[strikethrough]] did [[/strikethrough]] published a couple of vols of dws. & poetry (sweet, simple- innocent & nice) Nov 24 - 73 Dear Nell - You must be wondering why you have not rec'd your drawing before this - well it is a sad story - not about its picture (it is O.K.) - but about me. Early in Sept. I rec'd a notice from my landlords increasing the rent on my house - not a little - but astronomically - making it more than I could afford. Fortunately, I was able to rent a very pleasant 4-room apartment not far away, which a friend was vocating (to move nearer her work in Danvers), and I arranged to move into it on October 15th. Then I was taken ill with an infected foot from a fall, and with my trouble (did you know that I have diabetes?) it was extremely dangerous, and I had to go to the hospital in gloucester on September 18th