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the Hague - they both certainly have needed to get out of the rut they were in here in Paris. and once away - (hard for both of them I know, to leave) it will be a fine thing for both - mentally and bodily. both have looked tired for weeks and weeks - I lunched at Geoffrey Dodges. and had a good talk with Tom Cushing. who looks to me. like the best man yet - for my purposes - and I believe will be an excellent choice for my assistant
After lunch - went back to 10 Rue d. l'Elysee and wrote Corinna a long letter.
Went to call on Fred Cowley. but he was out met Emily Cross. and Miss    and her sister and went to a tea shop and sat with them while they took their potions - 
Emily Cross told two good Hospital bits 
1 - Alabama boy. a mere kid of 18 - badly wounded in many places - he had named them all - girls names "Oh - Lizzie - Lizzie do - for the love of Mike stop it - Oh. Hell Lizzie cut it out - you're hurting me like Hell - and you'l stir up Sarah"
One of his thumbs was gone and he said in his charming Southern speech "Ah - doant see Miss Emily how I [[strikethrough]] can [[/strikethrough]] ever can hold ma gun again - dew you - with dat thumb gone de way tis gone - now isn't that a shame"
2 - The letter a boy wanted her to write in French - to the lovliest French girl - whom he knew at Nantes - He wrote it in English in it were allusions to various notable particulars in their acquaintance - "You know dearest Jeanne what I mean - " or "what I refer to" etc - In fact