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be transfered from my private quarter
my scheme worked fairly well.

June 18, 1922 – Sunday
Went to S.S. & ch. this a.m. I pd. for gharry both
ways as the others pd. last Sun. Ma Thini Myine
came over for a lesson in John at 4 p.m. We were
supposed to go over to evening meeting about dusk
but the Hinton's came; we saw them to the gate
when a great crowd of women & children es-
pecially [especially] the latter, gathered to see the white baby.
We had squabs for dinner, & I ate a whole one.
Ms. P. gave Mrs. E. & me the half – each – of the
large tomato she brought from Maymyo; it
was the best I've seen in Burma. I greased leath-
er [leather] straps & got suitcases, lamps – two new ones –
papers, & such things put away; will be so glad
when I get thru the messy washing & that part of
the cleaning. It keeps my finger nails in such
a state. Think I'll put an end to these Sun. les-
sons [lessons], tho perhaps not for the first mo; I want
at least one free day per wk. without having to
work at that abominable Burmese – which I hate.
Mrs. E. has decided she will give a dinner for me,
on Tues. eve, to which the two mis. couples will
be asked. We read one out of a collection of pray-
ers [prayers] in book form nearly every day after break. –
missed yes. Wanted to go to the doctor today but did-
n't [didn't] make it; leaves something else to do tomorrow.
Got most of my underclothes sorted & placed in
the bottom dresser drawer. Suppose I'll have to be-
gin [begin] on my two packing trunks tomorrow. It is
very wearing to live in a mess like this all the
time; I don't feel quite so untidy since I've gotten
things up off the floor, however I'm glad I have
an extra bed to spread out on, so I don't have to
clear one off before getting in it every eve.
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letter from Miss C. also, saying she's now an
honorary member of the boat club & that she's written
Miss H. about me.

June 19, 1922 – Monday
Taking a Burmese, & giving an English & Bible lesson
as usual. Went out calling this p.m. stopping first at
the S.P.G. English school where we found Miss Gar-
rard [Garrard], whose old bachelor brother is to be married soon
to the woman at the girls' blind school at Insein.
Miss Cook was not in. When we left our gharry was
nowhere to be seen; as we merely had to cross the st.
however, this did not delay us; this was the chil-
dren's [children's] hospital in charge of Miss Scott-Moncrieff.
Miss Hurden is also domiciled here, but is in a school.
She told me she had just had a letter from Miss C. a-
bout [about] me. A Mr. Edwards (?) was there & remained as long
as we did. Leaving by another entrance we found
our gharry awaiting us – the wallah had been to
change horses while we were inside; this is near
the moat & the two ladies keep a boat across from
their front gate; hope they'll sometimes invite me
for a row. We next went to the hospital where we
saw first Miss Owen and later Miss Miller who came
in on her bicycle from making some calls; the
other lady was on duty; here we got a list of all the
Eng. people on whom we ought to call. When leaving
Mrs. E. went in to see Mrs. Wood, a friend who has been
operated upon for cancer. I couldn't recall Dr. Ku-
maran's [Kumaran's] house where I'd been at noon with Miss P.,
so came home without seeing him. On arriving here
I got that necessary piece of information & was prepar-
ed [prepared] to go back for my medicine, but Miss P. decided it
would be better to send the durwan, which I did in
the same gharry we had used, paying for us, & him
too, one way, letting him walk back. I think Mrs. E. was
thoroughly outdone with me, but this is the third
day I've had that awful feeling in my stomache, & I do