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Carmel, and ostensibly to say good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Woodward who are leaving for London There, isn't that sufficient excuse
for making a sandwich and brewing a cup of coffee? The whole point of this information being that we would love beyond words
having you surprise yourself and everybody by being present Couldn't you and then stay on for a little visit? We are promised
to go to San Francisco Thursday night, but you could stay quietly here and read or work and we would be back before you woke
up in the morning. This party needn't frighten you too much because we have asked only about twenty or twenty-five people--all
very nice Put your papers in your bag and come along down. Toujours Charlotte