WCP1562

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Broadstone, Wimborne.

February 21. 1908.

Dear Miss Macdonald¹

I did not know where you were in the holidays so delayed writing till too late & with lots of unanswered letters I have neglected till now to thank you for your kind & acceptable New Year present of the Almanack, which stands as usual on my desk. So please accept my thanks now — though so late.

The Autumn Winter & Spring [2] here, so far have been a long succession of rain, fog, & gloom with I think less Sunshine for now nearly 5 months than I ever remember before. But here we always have the weather in large slabs, & I fear we are going to have continued months of drought — again as we have had here the last 2 summers.

We are all pretty well I am glad to say — but Violet² has only her one little [3] lamb of a girl to look after, which is rather disappointing.

With best wishes | yours very sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace³