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again and again for longer stays, and exploration of any corner of the boot down to the heel, or, as the Duce's secretary called her book in acknowledging the receipt of it, "The Hell of Italy". a joke, I believe, I already told you? He little knew the prophecy he was putting into his scant knowledge of English- | again and again for longer stays, and exploration of any corner of the boot down to the heel, or, as the Duce's secretary called her book in acknowledging the receipt of it, "The Hell of Italy". a joke, I believe, I already told you? He little knew the prophecy he was putting into his scant knowledge of English- | ||
Saturday. Though I am still using a pencil and writing in bed it is not because of illness, but just to be accepting old age, and foolish legs that don't march to soldierly rhythms. Half a day in, and out, of bed isn't a hardship, and I go out in my car three afternoons a week with my grandmother-chaffeuse, young at fifty, and other days, 'free days' I call them, I walk about the neighborhood, or down grade a mile, to return by the bus. Santa Barbara is all up or down grade, and if you want to walk on the level you go to the beach at low tide. Until the last three seasons I walked almost daily on the beach in my bathing trunks soaking in the sun, but lately I couldn't manage that very well. I look with envious eyes at the | Saturday. Though I am still using a pencil and writing in bed it is not because of illness, but just to be accepting old age, and foolish legs that don't march to soldierly rhythms. Half a day in, and out, of bed isn't a hardship, and I go out in my car three afternoons a week with my grandmother-chaffeuse, young at fifty, and other days, 'free days' I call them, I walk about the neighborhood, or down grade a mile, to return by the bus. Santa Barbara is all up or down grade, and if you want to walk on the level you go to the beach at low tide. Until the last three seasons I walked almost daily on the beach in my bathing trunks soaking in the sun, but lately I couldn't manage that very well. I look with envious eyes at the advertisements of the latest in swimming gear. The girls', I should say, have got to as little as is possible short of a nudist camp. | ||
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3 again and again for longer stays, and exploration of any corner of the boot down to the heel, or, as the Duce's secretary called her book in acknowledging the receipt of it, "The Hell of Italy". a joke, I believe, I already told you? He little knew the prophecy he was putting into his scant knowledge of English- Saturday. Though I am still using a pencil and writing in bed it is not because of illness, but just to be accepting old age, and foolish legs that don't march to soldierly rhythms. Half a day in, and out, of bed isn't a hardship, and I go out in my car three afternoons a week with my grandmother-chaffeuse, young at fifty, and other days, 'free days' I call them, I walk about the neighborhood, or down grade a mile, to return by the bus. Santa Barbara is all up or down grade, and if you want to walk on the level you go to the beach at low tide. Until the last three seasons I walked almost daily on the beach in my bathing trunks soaking in the sun, but lately I couldn't manage that very well. I look with envious eyes at the advertisements of the latest in swimming gear. The girls', I should say, have got to as little as is possible short of a nudist camp.