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Austria & the various coups d'état such as the
occupation of the Rhine area. Well I'm beginning
to haver & it's
time I stopped.
Love to Susie & our very best wishes to you both &
your family. Yours ever Stair A. Gillon.

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& I meet regularly on Fridays
& he "Croles" away about the war to
finish civilization & the ruin of the British
Empire.

In front of me is the portrait of the
Red Indian Chief of the Stony - a grim
relentless Radamanthine profile with a
touch of the awesome. But it is the
governor & his doings that most
interest me. Some day you will, no
doubt, indicate to me what exactly is
the "troubled water" in Quebec. What can
the French Canadians have to grumble at?
The Tweedsmuir Reserve sounds thrilling.
Fancy there being parts of the Rockies
still unexplored. Your travels make
ones mouth water - the variety of it all.

I hope it isn't too