Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life

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Reply to Rebecca #12

Tottering, gout, cats, languages, crosswords, practical drivelling

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Terry Freedman
May 10, 2023
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Dear Rebecca

Thank you for your recent letter, which seemed to be full of stuff about see-saws and tottering. The only tottering I’m aware of was when one of our neighbours, a very refined lady in her 60s, unaccustomedly got completely blotto after a Christmas meal. A couple of us thought she would never make it home ok (a journey of 100 yards max) becau…

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