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2.  We were just preparing to start off, when in walked private Fred Beard.  He arrived here about last Monday & we gave him his first visit to Cairo.  I am enclosing you a card of the place we had tea at.  It cost me thirty-two piastres for mine alone, so you can imagine the time we had.
First thing in the morning every one of us were lined up and presented with a "billy" by some ladies.  Mine came from Claremont, Vic from a Miss F. Barnett.  It was a fine billy & the unpacking of it was great.  It made a wonderful difference to our spirits I can tell you.  Enclosed in mine was a very nice note which I of course answered.  I also enclosed one of the 

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