Volume 58: Sir George Macleay correspondence, 1848-1880: No. 437
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[Page 437]
Pendell Court
July 9th 1879
My dear old Friend
I am still in England you will see, but [indecipherable] much afraid [indecipherable] for a [indecipherable] beastly winter I had [indecipherable] encountered. I do [indecipherable] if nothing [indecipherable] seen should [indecipherable] leave on the 20th of the month for Port Said. The vessel the Dominda [?] a S.S. of 3000 Tons belonging to a Co. in which I am deeply interested is new & well [indecipherable] so I daresay that I [indecipherable]. The two Bestow girls at present with their [indecipherable] - will be comfortable enough.
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to think that we have entered upon Spring. I wish that it could be so for the sake of them I shall leave behind but for the sake of my garden. [indecipherable] is all ready for the change. In [indecipherable] days the Snowdrops have shot up & are now in incipient blossom. I have about 3/4 of an acre of wild Snowdrops in [indecipherable] groups of two to three.