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many of his evenings in arranging and cataloging his selections.
   Excepting our trips to Sicily & Paestum we have as yet at no time been more than twenty miles away from the wharf where ^[[insert]] we [[/insert]] landed from the Ems - and if I were to consult my own pleasure only, the distance would not be increased until on board ship homeward bound with old Vesuvius wafting, and spouting farewells.
   But Tom has not seen Rome nor Florence and of course a revisit will interest me - and I really should go to London, so 'ere long we shall turn our  backs upon the insidious life of the Neapolitan highways and seek new pleasures and forgiveness in the ancient city of the Caesars.
   I hope that all goes well with you and yours. With my kindest regards to your family in which Tom directed me to be sure to include him, I am,
Faithfully yours
CLF

[[right margin note]] P.S. I have taken the liberty of having some purchases made by Tom and I shipped to your address. Will you kindly pay charges and customs and hold the articles until Tom gets home. [[/right margin note]]