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… the cute and loving appreciation of my book and meh
by them in Australia has gone right to my heart.

W.W.


the cute and loving appreciation of my book and meh by
them in Australia has gone right to my heart bernard o

i wish to specifically send remembrances & love to you
& how is your mother bernard is she well? i do hope so

(tho i’ve never met her or your good self nevertheless
send her my regards & tell her water the daisies often

& fred woods is he well? i do hope the bruise heals soon
(tho what happened to him i cannot tell either no matter

& young jim hartigan is he well? i do hope so given his
addiction to marmalade on toast (which is a favourite of

my own please send him my best regards & the solution
to this week’s crossword is enclosed ada i do hope she’s

well you speak so highly of her i wonder whether she’s
not your real wife after all now now don’t go jumping to 

conclusions bernard i can only go by what you tell meh
about your bowel movements bernard & are they regular

i pray so for you know my views on this issue prunes &
buttermilk (enough said eva now i presume she’s well oh 

i hope so & as i know she’s very cute altho that photo
you mentioned enclosing never did arrive unfortunately 

still i can see her pretty well from here & very cute she is
& her parents mr & mrs fryer are both well i do hope so 

please inform mrs fryer privately that puce goes well with
a tartan skirt & also kindly pass on to mr fryer my sincere

congratulations on his winning the bridge tournament &
don’t ask meh how i know! tell ted he’s wanted in several

states over here (i’m sure he’ll get the joke oh it’s private
i don’t recall who louie is but please send him or her my 

fond salutations & finally tom touchstone who i just can’t
place (no i’m getting nothing but i suppose & hope he too

is well i guess that’s all but also to any other friends not
named such as your pet cat & the milkman he is a cute one
Cordite 28.1: Mulloway online October 2008

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