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Jan 6th
Darling Mercy, Bimba and I enjoyed Dublin. First person we met was Seumas Kavanagh,
bearded now, who bought her Gaelic coffees. She also had her first oysters – Galway
Bay. The Wilkinsons gave us an exorbitant amount of fried eggs at midnight. David
Greene, bearded too of course, told Bimba how to get in to T.C.D. She liked the Library v.
much. A minute (about 4 ft.) Italian girl came to see me about a thesis she's writing on
Autumn Journal. We also went to both the National and Municipal Galleries. Both days
the sun shone. But here it's bloody cold. Saw Bertie yeterday and told him about Harden.
I'm going to stay with him sometime next week. Bimba bought herself a great Aran island
pullover in Dublin. Would have
