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General remains the same, for that
on him rests the [giving] of that Standard
which seems to mean so much to
the Public Life there & which one
gathers can only be set by those who
have played a part in the Public Life
at home.

It should be a wonderfully interesting
time for you too, and altogether
it must be a happy prospect for
all those concerned. Many very

[?ST, in pencil: Lady Salisbury]