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a friend though I knew well enough
that I might do so without leave,
as indeed she assured me, at
the same time inviting him.

When I returned I found
a telegram from him to say that
he was to leave for Sydney,
that afternoon; and next morning
I received a courteous note in
explanation. Please thank
him for me. I hear that
Jim is off to the war, as
indeed every body seems
to wish to be. I think the
thing is overdone in some
cases. I know one in which
a young fellow who has
passed all his legal examinations
is articled in his father's
firm, a long established