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flue at Checkendon. Business is atrocious.
A neighbour has started a lawsuit against
me about "lights". I ought to be,
am, profoundly grateful for all these
mercies.

Mark, unless he has
been overwhelmed by the Seismic
Wave in the Pacific, shd. be
home in a few weeks.

The world as a whole
seems to be wonderfully contented
& well ordered.

Yours very truly

Frederick Scott Pangloss-Oliver.

Lt. Col. Buchan.