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said that he was in a pretty "ɛroggy" condition, seemod completely apathetic about ever, thing, that they both were terribly thin, that Lady Blackburn gave half ber food to Sir Arthur, and they both look half starved although Lady Blackburn was bright enough.
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I took the mettur up with Er, üda the next time I saw him, a few days later ami gave him details of the Blackburn's position. le dismissed the metter of the liches and vans, saying that they were on Juniors, really not Embagay at all.
He seemed very much worried about the Blackburns. What ever happened I never knew, but te next time after that I again mentioned the matter of the Bleckburns and received a savage attack from ir, Oda wid is notoriously rude and bad tempered at times. It was the first time he had turned his temper on me however, &ad cedo as rather a shock. wanted to know how I know anything about the slackburns, and threatened to punish the doctors who had given me the information about them. As this involved other people beside myself, . resolved to make no more mention about them, the last thing I wished to do wie to get my friends at the French Hospital in trouble. So I murely sent out parcels of food to the lackburns and messages by other patiënte who were being brought in for X-ray. I had no replies from them however, alkṇrugh reports us to their conlition from everybody dare not good. And I also heard that Bra. Rens Ies was developing beri beri.
About this time, the 87th of April, the shortage of money in the immediate future loomed up. I was being pressed by the undertaker to pay his bill, and I had spent a good desi of the money which had been lente, and had no prospects of future supplies. Again I took the matter to ur. Oda who agreed that I be allowed to send an appeal to the. British Government for funds, through the Swiss Embase, in Tokyo. Fr. Keller was willing to do t is for me, he was always 90 kind and helpful. The toleran use sent off, and on the 29th of Kay I had word that the sum of 17% 304 had been received for me by the Yokohama Specie Bank. In our to le ram we had eaked for tim sum of 15% 5,010 which would give me plenty of money for myself and for the Blackburne also. AB my husband's money was all sofal, bahked in London with the Chartered Bank, I foresaw no difficulty in the matter, if the Government was not willing to let us have any, we had our
Heitler Kr. Oda now I could understand the pum' sent, but I went and collected it, this giving me nearly H$/1,000. I was able to pay the undertaker at once, and also to return to tir. Ođa the money he had so very kindly loaned me cut of his own pocket. Mr. Cla's reaction to money lent was amusing to put it mildly, he merely said "aht let them wait till the end of the war", Which in my opinion is hardly the way to maintain one's credit. So I was he,py to be able to aquare matters up.
And on June 2nd an additional aum of 12 303 was received, all from the Argentine Legation In Tokyo. They sided in their mesaye which owce from the Swiss Legation that there was an additional 13 1,0 for me if I meded it. were happy to be able to reply that as I expected to be repatriated at the end of Jum, with the mericans I would not need to impose furtier on their generosity, and that I was deeply grateful for what they had already done.
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