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FRIDAY, NOV. 18th, 1932.
Arrived in Harbour
after lunch. War ships
in evidence. Reporters
came on after me but I hid
in 1st class. They got me in
Customs. I refused inter-
view. Rotters will never pub-
lish anything I write. How
am I to live. Mother, Lena,
Mrs Morgan & Mrs McCarthy
met me. Was met with
death of little Mary. Ghastly
home coming. Gibsons &
May & girls came in
evening. Norman came
up from Wollongong
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The "little Mary" referred to would be Ruby and Will Brydon's 6 year daughter Mary M. Brydon who died at St George District Hospital on the 1st November 1932 ( Sydney Morning Herald 3rd November 1932, death notice p.8, funeral notice p.7)
Also see letter to Margery Currey 4th Jan 1933 'My Congenials- Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters' Vol 1, Jill Roe 1993. pp.277-278
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