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the flies off. The real gruelling heat will begin next month.

As I expected, the President of the U.S.A. cannot manage
June 8th because of Congress. It is now proposed that he should come
to us at Quebec, which would be in many ways better, for it would
emphasise what he wants emphasised, that his visit is less an official
than a personal visit to myself. There are apparently many things he
wants to discuss with me, and heaven forbid that I should discourage
that, for our relations with the U.S.A. are the most important things
in the world at this moment.

My brother Walter arrives in New York on the 4th of June,
and my sister and mother may possibly go down to meet him there. He
will have three weeks here and then take them home. He finds it very
difficult to get away, which is the Nemesis which follows being a
local Pooh-bah!

Alice seems to be quite well and enjoying herself, and
Billy to be busy and cheerful. John is quite his old self again, and
greatly beloved here, especially by old men, to whom he is exquisitely
polite.

Much love.
John