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40 Mount St
Perth.
Feb 18th
Dear Mr Hall,
Your dark-haired daughter Joan, bearing tenderly a dozen eggs, has just been to see me, & tells me that you sent the eggs down and said to give me some. Well, I think that was just sweet of you & I do want to thank you very much.
The knife-sharpener is still my pride & joy, and
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how I ever managed without it, I don't know. It's quite the best one I've seen and my knives are guaranteed to cut anything these days!
We are sweltering down here, and I expect you station people are having a lot of worse heat up there. If only we could cool off at night it would be alright but it seems just as hot at midnight as it is all day.
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I don't see nearly as much of Joan as I used to, as she isn't keen on going home to Swanbourne at night by herself. I miss her, as we used to see a lot of each other.
I haven't seen you since the dreadful tragedy of Murray's death. It must have been a [? terrible] shock to you all and Margaret must be so glad to have Joan with her to help.
Joan says you are coming down soon. Thank you again for your kindness
Cheers Nan O'Connor
