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3, Temple Gardens, Temple.
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My dearest old Mother
I heard from Anna today and Father also was kind enough to write to me. I hope you are getting on well and liking the change. I am afraid you are finding it a slow business, my poor old body, for it is not nearly so easy to build up as to destroy. With your nerve trouble it seems to me natural that the diarrhoea should keep coming
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back from time to time. But with care & rest it is sure to go gradually away. I know how hard it is for you, but you must just try your best to keep your spirits up. Once you were in the country & the weather came a little warmer I am sure you would pick up rapidly.
Perhaps on the whole it would be best to shut up the house for
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the summer & let you and Anna go to the country. My only fear is that you might not get proper medical attention. Remember that you must never think of money & let the expenses stand in the way. I am looking after that.
I shall be down at Easter to see you without fail. You must be as well as you can then, like a kind old mother.
I have very little news. I am kept busy, & am out every night. Last night I went to the
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foolish form of entertainment known as a boy-and-girl party (i.e. one without chaperones) & actually danced a little.
Foreign affairs are very interesting & Foreign Office people are very gloomy. The folly of the English newspapers has stirred up great ill feeling in Russia.
With much love
Your affectionate son
John
