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today has been a beautiful balcony day
a perfect joy to be out in it Tomorrow
I shall rest most of the day in preperation
for the concert -How you would laugh
if you could see me now - with my
hair all done up in rags like "Topsy"
for all the world- You wouldn't know
your sweetheart such a guy Well-
never mind we cant be [?] without
paying for it and I propose to be [?]
tomorrow night Darling (on the quiet)
have you heard of Papa's half formed idea
of going to Europe for a short time this
spring- This really may make considerable
difference in my plans how I
wish I could have a ten minute talk
with him to find out really what he
wants to do He is so impossible in a
letter You know I would not let
my selfish pleasure + ambition stand
in the way for an instant of his
getting any pleasure or rest that he
desired I love my dear father too
much for that- but at the same
time I should so appreciate being able
to stay until the latter part of May
if that seemed possible If you have a