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As to my "learning" to
swim, you must
[have?] no vain imagings.
I am essentially a
coward in the water.
I get out of breath
in no time, and get
the shivers. Rae
probably could swim
circles around me
now. There is only
one solution for the
problem that I can
see now. We must
have a swimming
tank on our house
on the bill, where-
in you will give
me a daily half hour's
lesson every morning
in season until
I am sufficiently
skilled to come up to
your standards.