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Then I went up to Rugies -
Mrs. Nicholls was alone-
and we had quite a talk.
She is afraid Rugie is
very dissatisfied - not doing
anything in particular
- and seeing the rest of
us all go off. But Rugie
doesn't think she can
leave her Mother. Anyway
I hope after Christmas she
will for a couple of
months and come over
here with me. We had
lunch. Then I got my
hatbox at Mrs Beattie's - said
GoodBye there- we did
a little shopping & back to
Rugie's. Mrs. Nicholls had
a few in for tea so Rugie
& I assisted. We were