Item 02: Arthur Henson Smith letters, 8 January 1917-19 August 1919 - Page 314
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house is always going to provide something to occupy her mind and perhaps keep her to some extent from worrying over her "darling boys" - provided of course that she can be kept from dealing in the actual worries of housekeeping and I know how hard that would be as I know what the Mater is in this regard. Really I think it would be better, if it could be worked financially, to shut up the house but not sell it. The Mater will then have the satisfaction of knowing the home is there ready for "the boys". She might then be induced to go away for a quiet rest for a couple of months say to Healesville. Now comes a deep plot I laid in the hope that it might just possibly come to something. I do not know if it has
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