is competent yet to cut his toe nails
and I think rather young to
prepare for college. At the risk
of our lives nearly we have
taken tea twice at the
"Institute" the tea was so strong
as to keep me thinking of it
long after I had digested the
white bread & black bread,
buns, birthday cake, [pres--ed]
walnuts and blackberries,
fresh raspberries, dried
salmon, sausages cold-ham
tongue, Rhine wines in
variety & other innumerable
"fixings." We have had almost
constant rain for 10 days but
as the Munroe's time was
limited we made many
excursions together in spite