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There was a telephone call from Senorita G6mez, to say 

 that our room was ready for us. We decided to move in 

 the morning , but as we could not manage to get a tele- 

 phone call through, we took a taxi to the apartment to 

 say so. After dinner we packed our bags ready for the 

 move in the morning* 



Web. 11* First thing in the morning was our move to the 

 new place — Carrera 8*, No, 17-86. A small girl answered 

 the street bell; as there was no boy available, she and I 

 carried the bags up to the third floor. Our room was 

 large, fitted with two beds, two chairs, two small table 

 desks and one wardrobe. It had t?/o window's and opened 

 I from the living room. The bath was not too convenient, 

 j being across the living room and down a corridor. Clara 

 land I walked to the university bus, then she went back 

 I to unr>ack and settle our new quarters. There are four 

 ! sisters in all, Paulina viio was in the States, Silvia 

 next, left in charge of the home, then lanuela and last 

 . aria, usually known as Daruja. 



I went to the Institute and continued work on the bee- 

 tles with Turillo. There were many questions that I wanted 

 to ask but couldn't. Clara will go tomorrow and that will 

 help. At noon Luis and I went back to town and at one 

 o'clock we met Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin at the Granada. We took 

 a taxi to Calle 73, Ho. 11-12, the home of the Ambassador. 

 The house was large and square, it looked 19th or early 

 20th century and was rented from a family who had lived 

 long in Japan; much of the furniture was of brick-red wood 

 with wide gilt bands and scrolls and on the walls were 

 some large family portraits in 18th century costumes, one 

 of two plump little girls in wide pantalettes. 



Wt&* Braden was quiet but warm and friendly; she is a 

 Chilean and is not adjusted to the high altitude of Bogota. 

 | She will be glad to move to a lower and warmer country. 

 The Bradens have two daughters and a son, who is about 

 j ready to enter Tale. One of the daughters is married to 

 -a man by the name of Lyons. Braden came in shortly from 

 the Jitabassy; cigarettes and Daiquiris were passed in the 

 living room (two large rooms thrown together). The women 

 sat together by the front windows while the men stood in 

 a circle in the middle of the room. Braden told us some- 

 thing about the difficulties that we had had with Scadta 

 and of the formation of Avianca. 



The dining room was across the wide center hall. The 

 table was set with doilies, edged with Flanders lace to 

 match the clammy damp napkins, and three large vases of 

 orchids. The meal was served by two excellent mozos. 

 We had comfortingly hot mushroom soup, crab ramekins , 

 breast of chicken, potato puree, peas, rolls, ice-cream 



