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your hands. I do hope you are quite
well now. Your handwriting has
enormously improved. Nan's letter was
delightful; thank her very much for it. She
really should come to this country, for she
is a name to conjure with. If you ask for
her books in the shops, people at once
begin to beam.

We left Metis on Friday night,
just after the Geoffrey Dawsons arrived.

We had comfortable sleeping-berths, but it is
hard to sleep for the train is very rough in
its movements. Mr. Reford met us at
Montreal & took us to his house on the
hill, which is full of wonderful art
treasures. We lunched there & then came
on to Ottawa. The Prime Minister,
Mackenzie King, met us & several
other ministers. We are staying in
the house which Sir Wilfrid Laurier left
him - most comfortable. He is extraordinarily
kind, and gave a dinner party for us last