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old enemy indigestion, just enough to afford
a constant source of annoyance - not enough
to make me put myself in medical hands
The Thompsons are now our guests with
their children - when they go, we shall have
London visitors - in short, the house will
probably be full for some time -

Mr. Stone has made up his mind to sell
the house in Tavistock Square, to live in
Lombard St, while Harriet is to go to
Scotland - he is well, but not in good
spirits - the break up in his domestic
circle prays upon him. Mrs.
Stone is very ill mental
recovery of course out of
the question - & I should imagine her life
in danger, but on this point, I can
get no certain intelligence - I have not
seen the Major for some weeks, but hope
soon to find a corner for him here.

I was at Hemsted at the end of
Jany for 3 - 5 days - just afterwards
Mr. Hodges got the metallic end of a pencil
into his ear and was obliged to have it
extracted by an operation - The inflammation
produced great pain & injured his
general health - he is now better, but
very deaf in the injured side - he called
here with Mrs. H - 2 days ago but I

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from [deleted] yourself -