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(6) (12)or somethingOne feels young here and full of energyI do anyhowAt last I feel my chance has come to make good and I am going to succeed.Not that I ever doubted myself, for always have I willed that I would do well in the end. Of course my real day is far ahead yet, my very own day, but I can wait knowing it is sure to dawn.Just now we are busy converting this old fort into a suitable camp, my architectural knowledge and general wide experience of engineering, surveying, and various odds and ends come in well fine. With plenty of local labor at my command I am able to carry on fairly well. Of course we have an interpreter interperater; a man who speaks several tongues.From now for a few months we will have what they call the bad weatherHowever that will soon be over. So far the weather
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