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[Lady Mary Minto]

March 26/24

Hydon End
Hambledon
Godalming

My dear Mr Buchan,

Your letter touches me deeply.
I have had to lay my soul bare
in giving you all my private thoughts
but it has been my privilege
to do so, for unless you knew
what our home life was, how
could you write with understanding?
Esmond was a very remarkable boy
he was so young to have influenced
people in the way he did even as a
tiny boy at Eton. I enclose the
notes you asked for but of course