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in the garden. I have just had a
very nice young Edinburgh man called Legat
staying with me. The Cape Gov^t have lent
him to us for our Forestry Department.
He told me that Tommy Nelson's sister
had nearly died.

I am afraid I have very little
news. I have read rather a good
book 'The Westcotes' by Q &
also 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' by Conan
Doyle, a stupid work. No word yet,
I suppose, of my forwarded volume.

With much love

Your affectionate brother
John