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"Dear Mrs Moore, I am sorry to be a nuisance, but I find that I must make a small change of plan for tomorrow, Firday. I shall not have to go to Blackheath, so if you will meet me at 3:45 P.M., at Cannon Street Station (Southern Railway, not Underground), we will travel down to Elmers End (near which I live) and drive to Dymchurch from there..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, If you will take the 4.3 P.M. train from Charing Cross to Blackheath on Friday, I will meet you and drive you down to Dymchurch, where Mr. Tucker will put you up for the night..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, Thank you for your note. Yes, I am better, but I have to "go slow" for a time..."

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"Dear Madam, I have your letter of 13th April for which I thank you, and note that you propose to write a biography of "E. Nesbit". Unfortunately, I am at the moment under doctor's orders to take a complete rest from every kind of business for at least a fortnight owing to a mild attack of sub-acute bronchitis..."

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"Thank you for your note. I will come along about 10.30 on Saturday next."

Scope and Contents "My very own Darling, Thank you very much for your letters! I've had three today! Two this morning and one this afternoon; the Post is up the loop and so bloomin' [error?]. First of all, I am on shift tonight and so far as I know now I have a very good chance of coming along tomorrow night, so, unless you get a telegram to say I can't come, will you expect me when you see me and be ready to come along to W.H. any time after seven? Thank you! We had a medical inspection of all A1 men in the...

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"Dear Mr Grinling, I think that you will be sorry to hear that my father died very suddenly last Tuesday evening..."