Series 01 Part 02: Hughes family correspondence, 3 April 1917-22 September 1918 - Page 278
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sale, & Sheldon & I (the trustees) have had our hands full in straightening out the various difficulties created on both sides.
Evie Keenan, as no doubt Mother has told you, has returned from Egypt, & is (or ought to be) in Randwick Hospital suffering from nerves. We had him out to dinner one night at home, & you feel sorry for the boy, but I think he will be difficult to manage. Whether he is naturally erratic & unreliable, or whether it is all due to overstrain from the war, he does not seem likely to settle down easily to civilian life when he gets his discharge. His sister Constance has also arrived in Sydney. We had her here to lunch one day, just to show we bore her no malice, but she is a wilful young person, & seems to have decided to transfer herself to Sydney, leaving the other children in Perth to shift for themselves. It is no use for us to interfere, so we are leaving her to make her plans with her Uncles Jack, Joe, Will, & George, & we ask no questions, as we have quite enough to do to manage our own affairs, without interfering in matters in which we are not consulted. She is a good looking girl, with a bright manner.
Mother got such a bright cheery long letter from your friend & ardent admirer Mrs Vidal today, giving a full account of her adventures with you, Auntie Mary, & the girls in London. She seems to have enjoyed herself like a young girl, & she was most enthusiastic about everybody & everything. She says she feels she knows