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When the house is finished (at present it is full of painters) I shall give it a place of honour in the drawing room.

The book is published I believe some days ago in America and the publishers have ordered another edition to be printed at once - so I was surprised you had not seen it. I wish you would send me some of your fine weather you speak of it has rained without ceasing all through last month and this, and we begin to wonder where we shall find the pictures this year as we see it is predicted that next month the 

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