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Thanking Hilda for news and forwarded items, wishing that her exam went well and updating Hilda on his activities: trip to Kimolos [Kímolos, Nísos] and Syros [Sýros, Nísos] with [Gerard Mackworth] Young including sites that they had found; that he was about to go to Naxos and Paros with Vincent [Desborough] and Mercy [Money-Coutts]; John’s lecture at the British School which the Royal Family attended; dining with the Squire [R W Hutchinson], the de Jongs and Horsfields after John’s lecture; that he had seen Mrs Hill, Mrs Blegen, Miss Swindler, “old Petrococchino” and Mrs Atchly at the lecture; seeing [Oscar] Broneer’s excavations on the north slope of the Acropolis; looking at [Christos] Tsountas’ library which was for sale; and playing tennis. John also states he is glad to hear about the school for Joan, that he hopes David enjoys Malvern and that she enjoys Hunstanton, not to worry about “the Island envelope”, that he had lost Hans’ [Frankfort] address to thank him for a book and that he had sent cards to [David and Joan]. John also asked Hilda to tell Keith [?] that Calder is looking for Christian inscriptions. |
