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Number five Bank Street [Annotated in pencil 13 Jan 1923] Saturday My Dearest Irene: I arrived last night - two hours late, but without further misadventure. My cold is no worse - rather better, if anything, but I’m keeping quiet. I am not going to open the [unclear] basket full of letters that [unclear] until I'm retired. Josephine says I have to tell you that she is furious with you, [unclear] had hoped that I would come straight home from eating roots chez ma mere, and would find her cooking delicious, whereas I do nothing, she insists, but tell her what wonderfl things I had to eat inChicago. But Edith agrees with me that if you hadn't taken me in hand been so good to me I would probably still be languishing in some hospital in Chicago.