5

5.
to know in the city
and I am writing letters.
Mama hasn't been
so well for some time.
I had a letter from
Aunt Ida some time
ago. She had her
operation, you know.
She was getting stronger.
Grandma stayed
with her, but had
gone back home.
But I guess she is
breaking up housekeeping
because she
sent a box to us
with a feather bed
and two quilts and
a pair of pillows, some
curtains, a sheet, two
counterpanes and some