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you?  You suggest it may take another 2 years to finish.  Why not have a plunge and say it ought to finish within the next 10 years.  Personally I rather feel sure that it will though there's no telling for certain.

Im also agreed in your opinion that the church of Rome will come out of this show looking anything but bright and shiney.  There are three worms in Australia I should like to have on the other side of the "bags" here and one's Mannix. The other two are Hughes & Ryan - the former a traitor of the lowest, rottenest type & the other an uncouth blackguard.

Thanks, old chap, for the stanza written in red ink conveying New Year greetings & sentiments

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