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'' I rejoice to hear that you are going to Copenhagen. It is a charming coquette of a little city, with which you will fall head over ears in love.''

''Not to take a second risk, I send this to Crosswood, he writes 13. 9. 21, and I beg you to lay me at the feet of your gracious chatelaine; and, if E. is there, you can give her the love of her Uncle Tex.''

''At the Reform Club I played a little bridge  and won 29/—; then, finding my rate of progress rather slow, I veered off to Cleveland Club and won £7. 12. 0 more. This satisfied me; and I came home, ate two little fillets of sole, some apple-sauce and custard and (damn the expense) a ha'porth of cheese and so to bed.''

To complete my Diary of a Nobody, I am glad that you have changed your name from Gowing to Cumming and I am

ever yours, Tex.   Many thanks for your letter of y'day, he writes, 14. 9. 21, bearing traces of the pear skin and plumstones therein mentioned, not to speak of a spot of butter and a small burn from your after-brekker cigarette.

I have crossed Shap in a swift and powerful