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further advance in So[uth] African
prospects. I should willingly
leave tomorrow if I got word
& expect to have a letter from
you by the Monday mail.

Meanwhile I have got
leave from the Ministry to go
home three weeks before the
usual time. That gives me
about 4 months holiday.
I intend starting this day week
sailing all the way. So I could
really leave any moment (once
I had raised the funds) if
necessary. A letter to the old
howff Dumfries Left Luggage
Office, i.e. Killyleoch Dunscore
will find me for the next three
months. The only thing is there is
some regulation about giving
three months notice here and I
suppose they could legally