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  YOU WILL DOUBTLESS BE INTERESTED TO HEAR, she wrote, THAT YOUR FRIENDTHE OLD MUSIC TEACHER IN NORWICH DIED SUDDENLY LAST WEEK. HIS PUPILSHAD FALLEN OFF GREATLY OF LATE AND WHEN EVERYTHING HAD BEEN SOLD THEREWAS SCARCELY ENOUGH TO COVER THE FUNERAL EXPENSES. YOUR FATHER THINKSTHAT THOUGH A YOUNG PERSON FROM LONDON OF THE NAME OF SMITH OR SMYTHEHAS LATELY SET UP THERE AND ATTRACTED MANY OF THE BEST PAYING FAMILIESYET THE OLD CONNECTION MIGHT BE WORKED UP AGAIN AND IT WOULD BE WORTHYOUR WHILE TRYING TO DO IT. AT FIRST YOU COULD LIVE AT HOME AND GO OVERONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. YOUR FATHER HAS BEEN MAKING INQUIRIES ABOUT ASUITABLE ROOM.

 
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