McBaiff [?] has been out of the game too long and I am afraid she will find it rather hard. Personally, I hate the thought of her standing out again. I hate to think of that home, for which I have the fondest memories, being broken up. It is sad [?] words of expressions. It will not [?] like [?] coming to me I cannot of and go there with my friends at the Bareffs[?] once after a good [?] & sufficient book and listen to his beautiful voice. What a change this has already brought about to say nothing of the