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Chicago [To Be read on a Long week-end] | Chicago [To Be read on a Long week-end] | ||
Dear Jack: | Dear Jack: | ||
Received the Sean O'Casey book today and am looking forward to a quiet week-end [[with and - crossed out]] - after our nursery closes | Received the Sean O'Casey book today and am looking forward to a quiet week-end [[with and - crossed out]] - after [[underlined: our]] nursery closes | ||
on Saturday night -, my daughter's kids, you know. | on Saturday night -, my daughter's kids, you know. | ||
Seeing "Conroy's Folly" on the book wrapper made my wife & I laugh, as we were reminded of the English tendency to hang such handles | Seeing "Conroy's Folly" on the book wrapper made my wife & I laugh, as we were reminded of the English tendency to hang such handles | ||
as "Mon Repos" on villas (an absolute passion (Villas, I mean) in British suburbia) about the size of tiny bungalows such as we have here for | as "Mon Repos" on villas (an absolute passion (Villas, I mean) in British suburbia) about the size of tiny bungalows such as we have here for | ||
the working-stiff. I think the practice may go back to the days of | the working-stiff. I think the practice may go back to the days of The Grand Tour, perhaps it is taken from Italy or France. Walking south | ||
of Maidstone along the Loose (pron. "Lose") road to Boughton monchelsea, where my wife hails from, it was bewildering to me in my young | of Maidstone along the Loose (pron. "Lose") road to Boughton monchelsea, where my wife hails from, it was bewildering to me in my young | ||
and ignorant state to see majestic names stuck to front gates (rare is the place, be it ever so humble without a fence or wall or a good-sized | and ignorant state to see majestic names stuck to front gates (rare is the place, be it ever so humble without a fence or wall or a good-sized | ||
hedge to confer privacy) of modest homes belonging to clerks and | hedge to confer privacy) of modest homes belonging to clerks and | ||
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in pencil Mead, Frank Chicago, 2/8/55 Jack Conroy 6012 S. green Chicago [To Be read on a Long week-end] Dear Jack:
Received the Sean O'Casey book today and am looking forward to a quiet week-end with and - crossed out - after underlined: our nursery closes
on Saturday night -, my daughter's kids, you know.
Seeing "Conroy's Folly" on the book wrapper made my wife & I laugh, as we were reminded of the English tendency to hang such handles
as "Mon Repos" on villas (an absolute passion (Villas, I mean) in British suburbia) about the size of tiny bungalows such as we have here for the working-stiff. I think the practice may go back to the days of The Grand Tour, perhaps it is taken from Italy or France. Walking south of Maidstone along the Loose (pron. "Lose") road to Boughton monchelsea, where my wife hails from, it was bewildering to me in my young and ignorant state to see majestic names stuck to front gates (rare is the place, be it ever so humble without a fence or wall or a good-sized hedge to confer privacy) of modest homes belonging to clerks and