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cant go out we hope they can do
so later.

The river flowing through the place
& the fury Collie pups & Jersey
Calves[underlined] (not "calfs" dear) must be
lovely!

Kate is a fine girl I think & I
am glad you like her & her husband
so much (I have not known
him so well of course! but I
think he is a "gentleman" by birth
[inserted:] which means a great deal
and breeding i.e. belonging to an old New
York Dutch family I believe)
was educated at St Pauls school