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in store for me as I had looked forward to goign to John Wilkie's house.  Dress in sreel blue and went in cab. Found party of six. The lame sisterin law in wheeled chair. looking very intelligent and brave and in some ways good looking even though she is a real cripple.  Two dear little boys were running about..and M Audriffex and another Frenchma an artist. Also a beautiful girl. ALL these people spoke Fr French fluently and all the time. It was very gay. but I was abased as I never have been before by and such thing. I have forgotten all I ever knew. Later Mr Welling came in and his french was about like mine. It was Horrible. J.W came home with me in cab and I dont really know how much he now thinks of me or my charm. To be ignorant and stumbling is a great distroyer of predilection. WoW
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