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[in margin] Nov 2nd
In the afternoon Milly was not well so laid
down & we George and I called on Mrs. [Aitchi???]
& her daughter at cottage in the American legation's
grounds. Mrs. Hurd was very polite, but I
fancy we will not see much of them.
Steamer friendships are often short. We
called upon Mrs. Brindley 3 as [asked?]
We had a lot of trouble to find just where she
lived as in Tokyo you can walk miles
without meeting a single English speaking
person. We at last found the house and in it
the Father and Mother very plain people
with no attempt at refined ideas the son is
the most presentable & I fancy the daughter
in law will soon get to be one of them. She
had been to call upon us, but we will not
see more of them altho she Mrs. Brindley
was very sweet. We went to the Maple
leaf Club to have a Geisha dinner at
a regular tea house, each party here
to order their dinner some hours before
and pay a portion in advance
say 5 yen. For a party of twelve -
you sit on the floor beside a small charcoal
fire. A mat is provided & after a long
wait, yr dinner is brought in by the maids