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an interesting disease without
ever knowing of it. "Methinks it
is my long-lost brother!" Here is
the explanation of those unaccountable
fits of seediness which used to make
me fall asleep in the middle of
the forenoon at Oxford and wake
up to find you pommeling me!
Well the doctor thinks I can get it
cured in six months with
careful living and a sea voyage.
Luckily it does not affect
my work as I feel better now
than I have done for months
in spite of the fact that I have
never [sett-crossed out] stirred forth (vide
J S) of the house for a fortnight
and have dropped 2 stone in
weight.

I expected a letter from
you last week. I hope you are
not laid up like myself. I am
dying to know if there is any