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but it was not that I drunk so much
for I got a letter from Mr. A
which was the reason I did not stay break fast【breakfast】.
being still fasting I was so soon affected
by the ■.
24 What news is there at the Governor's?
25 I have heard of nothing but that a post is【hasの誤記ヵ】arrived
from Jedo, the Governor has not yet got another appoint-
ment.
26 Is it possible?
27 It is so.
28 When did that news arrive at Government?
29 Mr N. told me that it came yesterday.
30 When did he leave Jedo, last year at the end of
the twelfth month, or at the beginning of the
new year?
31 I do'nt know exactly, but every year on the
second day a post comes hither from Jedo.
Twelfth Dialogue
1 Welcome.
2 I find myself so lonesome to day by the constant rains, that I can not stay at home.
3 Walk in, it is better and more amusing to
talk with a friend on a wet day than to go out.
4 It is true, I wished to stay at home
but I had no other amusement but that of talking
with my mother, this prompted me to come to
you.
5 What news is there?
6 I have heard nothing
but yesterday our friend N. has been with me