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Miscellaneous letters to Helen Fox, 1933-1945
1933-01-16 Maureen Croly to Helen Fox Page 2
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2. wouldn't seem likely to see the light of day for a considerable time, she relented, and I'm planning to use them. It so often happens that one has the idea of saving up gifts -- "too pretty to use" -- & the usual wind-up is that they're devoured by moths & the foolish recipient devoured with regret. Your gift handkerchief is in regular use -- I wash it myself, to save it from the jaws of the laundry, otherwise it wouldn't be in existence. Your remarks about foreign novels struck me as the perfect criticism -- yes, I'd
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2. wouldn't seem likely to see the light of day for a considerable time, she relented, and I'm planning to use them. It so often happens that one has the idea of saving up gifts -- "too pretty to use" -- & the usual wind-up is that they're devoured by moths & the foolish recipient devoured with regret. Your gift handkerchief is in regular use -- I wash it myself, to save it from the jaws of the laundry, otherwise it wouldn't be in existence. Your remarks about foreign novels struck me as the perfect criticism -- yes, I'd
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