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several other relations over here.
One cousin has been invalided
home. The reason I mention all
this is, that seeing we could
not agree, what possessed the
kid to write I do not know. Verily
a woman is past understanding.
She, being a cousin of the Mollards,
brings me to that family. How
is Mrs. Mollard progressing?
I had another letter from
Merrill recently. Everett's nerves
seem to be pretty well shattered;
high explosives are very hard
on the nerves, and often the
strongest willpower is necessary
to keep them under control. The
high strung have the hardest
time; I am glad to say that
I am not very high strung. It