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Maurice brought Miss Sharp to-day to interview ave me of her speed and accuracy in

short-hand satisfied me and made me see that I should be a fool to look

further So I have engaged her She is a sht brown hair--She wears horn rilasses in thee people by

their eyes Her hands look as if she had done rather a lot of hard

work--they are so very thin Her clothes are neat but shabby--that is

not the last look like French women have--but as if they had been turned

to "make do"--I suppose she is very poor Her manner is icily quiet She

only speaks when she is spoken to She is quite uninteresting

It is better for hts without restriction I a now--2000 francs a month--war price

Some colour came into her cheeks when I offered that and she hesitated, I said "Don't you think it is enough?"

She answered so queerly

"I think it is tooif I would be able to

accept it I want to"

"Then do"

"Very well--I will of course do my very best to earn it"--and with that

she bowed and left me

Anyhow she won't make a noise

Nina writes since she has married Jim--which she did just before the

offensive in March--she has been too happy--or too anxious, to remember