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Rosamond was much interested in everything—the 
little robin redbreasts so unlike ours. Rosamond is 
now retiring and I am sending this bit of news as 
I know you will be interested in following our pere- 
grinations. Tomorrow forenoon we shall take a drive 
through Phoenix Park and then at three o’clock go 
to Lisburn. Malcolm and Sis both marconied us to 
stay with them. I telephoned them, or rather Frank 
telephoned us here, and I spoke to Sis and said Mal- 
eolm’s invitation had reached us first and had been 
accepted. She said that Malcolm was coming to dine 
with her and she would talk it over with him. If 
think we would be more comfortable at Conway as 
there is considerably more room there than at Hilden 
House. But they can fix things up to suit them- 
selves. We shall have a good time anywhere until 
Sunday afternoon when we shall go to London, where 
we shall stay at the Berkeley until Friday afternoon 
(19th) when we take the train for Brindisi, arriv- 
ing there on Sunday afternoon. The Osiris leaves 
Brindisi at midnight on Friday for Port Said where it 
arrives on Wednesday at daylight. It is a fast boat, 
although small, doing this 940 miles in two and a 
half days. Here we change to the Moldavia and go 
to Aden, Arabia, where we arrive on Sunday fore- 
noon. Then we change to the old Oriental! in which 
we run to Bombay, where we are due on Friday 
afternoon at two o’clock There will be time to go 
ashore at both Port Said and Aden, as the 
ships coal at both places. At Bombay we shall rest 
up for a few days; although I do not believe there 
will be much-to see there it will be interesting as 
cour first Indian city. The caves on the island of 
