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Sent from the British School at Athens (BSA). Wishing Herbert a Happy Christmas and New Year, and telling him: his knee had recovered [from falling in on a trip to the Argolid]; he was taking Greek lessons with Stavrides; the [curator] at the Volo [Vólos] museum (Arvanitopoulos) would not allow him to see [finds from Pherae]; and that he had not heard from “the Old Man” [Henry Comber] or [Alan] Wace, even though he had contacted [Comber]. Also outlining John’s plans to continue his trip in the Argolid [as it had been interrupted by damaging his knee] from Epidauros [Epídhavros] with the addition of [Walter] Heurtley, then to travel to Crete, back to Athens, and to the [excavation in Chalkidiki]. The letter had been folded and address to “The Aged & Revered Parent, with enclosures”. |