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of the second week of September. I
am particularly anxious for you to
take Altarstone, as I have already
told you, as I want to come
back to the country & not to
Glasgow. I propose taking
William & the Bird for a
walking or fishing tour at the
beginning of October. But I
shall not be able to go
far afield, as I may have
to go to London at
any moment, and I shall have