LETTERS TO MARCO 



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Write soon, so as to encourage me in my 



resumed correspondence. 



G. D. L. 



P.S. This last winter we had a visit from 

 a travelling theatre ; it was a sort of barn-like 



The Star Theatre during a Flood. 



structure erected in the meadow opposite our 

 house. We went once to see the perform- 

 ance ; it was not half bad. The house was 

 warmed with a brazier of coke, and the prices 

 varied from one penny to sixpence. During 

 the floods it was shut up and looked very 



