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Nov 20 12 noon to drive to Mr. Hellyer for
Tiffin. The house is very pretty &
some beautiful old things. Gold
laquer & bronze that was most
exquisite to look at also carvings
which I fancy were Chinese. We
were received by Mr. Hellyer & his
mother in law & sister. Mrs. Hellyer was
not well enough to come down stairs
The appointments of the house
were very English & the silver
very beautiful. We liked Mr. H. so much
2 dear little children Larry a boy
of 6 & Margery 3 years old
Such attractive little children
His garden was full of very beautiful
chrysanthemums such as we would
see at a flower show at home each
flower seemed perfect Never more than
3 flowers in a group & each tied most
carefully to its own little bamboo
After Tiffin we went up to see
Mrs. Hellyer in her bedroom
She looked very delicate & said she
had been in bed for 3 months. She had
an internal hemmorage and had to keep