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"house-nurse" a perfectly lovely Vassar graduate whose father died two years ago, suddenly having his family in straightened circumstances after having  been used to wealth. These three people I am with constantly, & the man is a particularly cheery, nice & entertaining person. If you saw him, you would think that his terrible operations of a year ago had made a man of 35 look 40. He is a good tennis player & in doubles we generally play together.

As ((?)) D. first told me of Galla's engagement, I feel sure that Hilly must have written you, too. But in case she hasn't don't write Galla to congratulate her. The facts are these. Galla became engaged, rather suddenly, early in July, to a boy named George Putnam of Boston, about 1 1/2 years younger than

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she, They at once told Dublin like two foolish babes & their family didn't approve of such youthful performances & at present, while the engagement isn't broken, it is to be quieted down & not announced any more for a while. George has gone off on a sail of five months & there it remains. Who seen whether he goes through college or what he does. He has been ill from over work entering Harvard & has got to recuperate. Galla has seen Mrs. Putnam, which interview whe dreaded & said everything went off beautifully & that she fully agrees to the quieting down of things for a while-that is, so far as the general public goes.

So you see I wasn't told from headquarters this time, either, but Galla hadn't even written Mary when she answered my letter, & I knew it within a very few days.