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22 [[left margin in red]] The Crags Dreams [[/left margin]] Before to bed, walked in moonlight over all parts of garden of [[red underline]] "Snug Rock" [[/red underline]] and Crags: [[red underline]] musing that this was now by "domain" [[/red underline]] much much more than anything I dared to dream of, when in June [[strikethrough]] 1893 [[/strikethrough]] 1893 I first [[red underlined]] had a sight of "The Crags" [[strikethrough]] after [[/strikethrough]] not quite recovered from a long and dangerous illness [[/red underlined]] and how "The Crags" are the view from this point now my property, had dazzled me as one of the most beautiful sights I [[strikethrough]] have [[/strikethrough]] ever had seen. My progress since then has been by hard streneous work, and simple and steady. [[red underline]] None of my children, [[strikethrough]] who [[/strikethrough]] can grasp what it means to get thru such a period. [[/red underlined]] [[underline]] Aug 8. [[/red underline]] Celine arrived this morning from Adirondacks on account of [[red underline]] anniversary of our wedding day [[/red underlined]] Very hot weather. I had to go to office to preside a discussion [[end page]] [[start page]] 23 with [[red underline]] Mills, George B. [[strikethrough]] Redman [[/strikethrough]] and Redman, Rossi,and Sanford Brown.[[/red underlined]] The latter giving his experience in France and his opinion as to general situation in France and more particularly in view of letters of Surcouf just received where he asks to grant him all privileges in advance [[red underline]] and before Surcouf has straightened [[/red underlined]] out his contact with Germany of 1922 [[red underline]] Surcouf [[/red underlined]] functionally wants us to drop the 1929 agreement and start operating under the preliminary 1930 agreement (that letter of George) before settling his German contract of 1922. [[red underline]] Unanimously concluded not to give in and cable him to this effect. [[/red underlined]] Rossi [[strikethrough]] cables [[/strikethrough]] wrote the cablegram suggested [[strikethrough]] Aug [[/strikethrough]] The [[red underline]] real trouble will [[/red underlined]] begin now with [[red underline]] both Germany and France aroused against us [[/red underlined]] jointly and France and Germany quarreling amongst themselves. Just
