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the fitness of General Gordon's written
opinion to myself that such a departure
ought not to cause grief, but rather
joy that one more soul has been made
safe. These may not be the words
he used, but they convey his meaning.

You say that you and Jamie have
been talking of coming to Melbourne.
I wish you would. He knows
my house and all that is in it is
at your disposal. The vacant
rooms are a commodious spare
room with a pleasant Eastern
aspect, and contiguous to it a
small room which can be used
separately or as a dressing room.

Close to both of these is a bath-
room once my daily resort but
which has not known me for many
months, as I am a mere puppet under
the doctor's orders, which are
as numerous as precise. But
though my own diet is limited the
restrictions do not affect my visitors.

I fear that my travelling days
are over, but if they should return
(unlikely as it seems) there is no