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My darling little Nondas
A few days ago I answered the letter of your dear Mama, but as there is no Boat leaving till March 20th I have waited till today wri[t]e an answer to your dear letter. My what a Beautiful Suprise for Xmas you had such a lovely doll or rather I should more befitingly say daughter, I hope she is very good and sleeps, for did not mention wether she closes her eyes or not it so bad for the health to keep awake all the time beside it develops a habit of being inquisitive you want to be very carefull how you look after a big girl like that, is she also inclined towards dancing? About the name if you have not had her Babtised yet I might say that I never heard being (very ignorant about Opera artist) of this Lady I only know the names of the Dancers, I was suprised secretly I soppose you will think I am going to extreme but with your love for Dancing I thought you would give her the name of a Dancer but I see your taste has changed to Opera I thought you might have named her “Pavlova” or “Pavlovena” (writley[?] in a ca◊◊◊ing ma◊◊◊ is Russian). as also that great lady has dark hair and eyes althought currly and how do you know that perhaps Mme. Amelito wear a wig when Pavlova wears her currly wigs like in Bachannal or other Dances I am sure she must

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