I'm much better. The ‘trouble’ has been I've had an overdose of vaccine and it laid me low. Ten million— or twenty million—hosts of streptococci attacked and fought one another. I have done with vaccine.

My Catholic cousins (the Villa Flora ones) have bought page 35 a new large villa in Garavan—the other bay. It has, at its gates, a doll's house with a verandah, garden, every—thing complete. And this I have taken from them. I shall be in touch with them, still, and they are getting me a maid and so on, but at the same time I'm. free—can you imagine the delight of writing to the Villa Violet, of telephoning to them (my Isola Bella has a telephone ¹) and asking them if they will come over? Don't you envy me?

By the time you come my garden will be full of flowers. Heavens! what a joy that will be. And we shall ignore time—trick the wretch just for a little.