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ever, Waterloo is in reserve—& if we have encouragement enough this year for a little Crescent to be ventured on—(as I trust we shall) then, we shall be able to call it Waterloo Crescent—& the name joined to the form of the Building, which always takes, will give us the command of Lodgers—. In a good Season we shd have more applications than we could attend to."—"It was always a very comfortable House—said Mrs Parker—looking at it through the back window with something like the fondness of regret.—And such a nice Garden—such an excellent Garden." "Yes, my Love, but that we may be said to carry with us.—It supplies us, as before, with all the fruit & vegetables we want; & we have in fact all the comfort of an excellent Kitchen Garden, without the constant

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