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^[[136]] [[letterhead]] TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS CHATAIGNE, LONDON. _____ TELEPHONE NO 7821 GERRARD. THE COBORG HOTEL, CARLOS PLACE, GROSVENOR SQUARE. W. [[/letterhead]] [[/preprinted]] June 12th/09. Dear Colonel Hecker, I think that I was wise in leaving Detroit as early as I did, for when the rush ended and I was really at sea, I found that my system was out of key. The ocean trip did me good but would have done greater good had it been longer. In Paris, as you know, I was not quite up to [[two vertical pencil lines with 'omit' between cross out last line]] ^[[170]]