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I find this fall more favorable
on the whole than last year, and
my deep seated cold was the result
of my own imprudence + neglect.

I see that M^me Neledova has
just returned with a Miss Neledova
; their Embassy(?) is still at Taro[...]
I want just as soon as I can to
go down and look at the excavations
of Old Troy. I can reach there
in 12 hours, and dont you think
it hard that I have not found
two or three days to spare to go
down there?

The Sultan gives a dinner
to the Russian Admiral tomorrow
I dont expect an invitation, for
I think his diplomacy will invite
only the Russians and French