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kind since the 'Alice' books.

Johannesburg is hot, dusty and forlorn just
now. The country is also hot, but beautifully
green,, and as the rains have begun the
streams are all in spate. I am taking the
Leconfields out to our camp at Irene on
Monday to lunch with Col. Thomson.
Hugh and I gave a luncheon party last
Wednesday, at which I believe at least
ten millions sterling was represented. We
had Lady Leconfield and Miss Wyndham,
Mrs Eckstein (the wife of the great financier) &
the Duke and Duchess of Westminster. The Duchess
has improved greatly since I saw her before her
marriage. She has still got the foolish barmaid