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13, BRYANSTON STREET,
W.

Nov: 2: 09

My dear old John

I am pretty sick with you. Here
have I been burying myself up for months
with the hope of shortly seeing the Hamitic
countenance of my auld and tried friend, and
now you say calmly you are not coming. Seriously,
John, I am beginning to despair of ever seeing
you again. The only chance will be for me
to come out to you - a jaunt I wish I
could find time for.

Schoolbooks at home don't carry very
high royalties for they have to be sold to
the schools at a big discount and an