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on one side of which is a
little wooden sort of
sentry box in which a chequer
keeper used to sit when
this house was converted
into a sort of Casino
after the Princes departure.

The Grosvenor children
are very flourishing &
rejoice in two tutors &
a governess.

On Friday
[Cory] took us about
the place; after calling
at the [Bairds] who
are at the Hotel Victoria,
The poor fellow has been
very ill again & suffers

much fr. pain in the head
& looks very haggard
& weak; she [Ellen]
is with him constantly
& seldom gets out poor
soul but now that a
brother of his has
come here she will have
more liberty, they seem
anxious to leave this
place & get back to
England & doctors & as
soon as possible, their
boy ([Dody] my grand-
nephew be it remembered)
is here too; what a sad
story a young man as
Sir David is struck down