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Oh! the long, long days--and the ugly nights!

One does not sleep very well now, the noise of "Bertha" frorow to like the raids--and

last night we had a marvelous experience I had been persuaded by

Maurice to have quite a large dinner party Mada personality, courageous and agreeable, and Daisy

Ryven, and the fluffies, and four or fiveto de Volé playing, he is a great musician

People's fears are lulled, they have returned to Paris Nulish in heaps--but ill you!" the

fluffies said, "they had no business to make that break with the Fifth

Army! Oh! No! and, after all, the country is too dull--and we have all

our hidden store of petrol If we o to the theatre and try to pass the ti "Madame Butterfly"--when the sirens went for a

raid--and alan--and bombs crashed One very

seldom sees any fear on people's faces now, they are accusto any of us, de Volé commenced Chopin's Funeral

March It was a very wonderfulwith the splendid chords We sat breathless--a spell seemed to

be upon us all--We listened feverishly de Volé's face was transfigured

What did he see in the diedy of war--and the futility of earthly interests--the glory, the