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today I have settled down in our pretty villa in true Capri style without a wish or any expectation of leaving the Island until my homeward northern trip begins.

I find everything about our little place delightful and many new attractions added since my former visit.

The improvements to the house add greatly to its beauty and comfort, and the garden is really lovely. The planting of last fall and this spring is thriving wonderfully, and the result is already most noticeable and satisfactory. I have never seen more beautiful flowers and they are every where in greatest profusion within the gardens, through the vineyards over the walls and to the very tops of the mountains.

Tom is as happy as can be, looks splendidly and lives like a philosopher. 

If you could be here, for even a day only, you would I am sure, say that he chose wisely and well when he determined upon his present course.

Colemans health is improving and my acquaintances here seem as contented and indolent as I could possibly wish them. Jeanne spent