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i.e. in an uncertain state.
Will you dearest please wire us
on your arrival letting us know
how long you are likely to be in the
East --- whether you will come by
way of Billings or not --- and
"about what" [underlined] time you would
get here?

We hope [underlined] sincerely that you will
come by way of Billings as
you planned to do. because it
would give your grandmother
great pleasure --- She has been looking
forward to your visiting them
on your way home --- so I hope