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             19 South End <lb/> Kensington Sqr.  <lb/>Friday  Dear Owen.   I hope you came home all right and that <lb/>you, John and Alice have great games together. I know <lb/>you will be a very good boy while I am away. Sir <lb/>Francis is here. He is going to write to you soon. <lb/>Tell M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi>Robert and Aunt Katty I´ll not be home <lb/>'till Thursday or Friday. It rains a lot here now. <lb/>Perhaps you will come to meet me to the train, <lb/>like dada used to. Everyone over here is very <lb/>sorry for dada and they are helping me to <lb/>find out all about it. I´ll bring you something <lb/>nice from London. What would you like best?   Mama. 
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             Owen Lancelot Sheehy Skeffington 43 Moyne Rd <lb/>Ranelagh <lb/>Dublin 
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