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[[underlined]] allowing them to compete if it pleased them to do so. [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] Partridge is a very pleasant man open minded [[/underlined]] and conciliatory and [[underlined]] finally catches our point of view and then Robson. [[/underlined]] - So that's that!
[[underlined]] Nov 27. [[/underlined]]  Another busy day with [[underlined]] Bishop & Perkins. [[/underlined]] The latter has immediately drawn up [[underlined]] new bye-laws for new company [[/underlined]] and discussed them point for point afternoon at [[underlined]] Union Club, [[/underlined]] - a beautiful Club. Old mansion changed to a club. Old marvelous dark mahagony panelling. [[underlined]] Perkins [[/underlined]] told me the story of a [[underlined]] drunkard [[/underlined]] who went to consult his physician. The latter told him he had cirhosis of the liver. The drunkard replied the word was [[underlined]] to difficult to remember [[/underlined]] and wanted another word which he 
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was more familiar. So the doctor suggested [[underlined]] "Syncopation". [[/underlined]] When the drunkard told his [[strikethrough]] wife she [[/strikethrough]] friends some of them did not know what [[underlined]] syncopation [[/underlined]] meant and consulted the dictionary and found following definition: "Uneven movement from [[underlined]] "bar to bar". [[/underlined]] To night [[underlined]] wired to Celine [[/underlined]] in answer to a very [[underlined]] charming letter received from her congratulating me on my work and remembering my earlier laboratory work 19 years ago also announcing Nina expects another baby in June. [[/underlined]] 
"Many thanks for generous letter. Glad to hear about Nina. [[underlined]] Hope next offspring will keep up with present three little charms. [[/underlined]] "Keep the home fires burning"! 
Keeping up cheerfully amongst fog and rain. Hearty wishes to all." I delivered this cable gram