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Letter from Florence Glynn, Hotel Bell Ile, Caddenabbia, Lago de Como, Italy, to her mother, Mrs. A. Somerset, Duffield Hall, Derby

OG/CC/1102 | The Oglander Collection.PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS. | "We left Vevey on Friday and went by train to Brieg. There is a railway all up the Rhone Valley now, which is such a comfort, as it is not a pleasant drive. Early in the week we had bespoken the banquette at Brieg and we got it for Saturday morning and uncommonly good places they were. We did not quite know how to manage our luggage otherwise, as there is a Douane at Isella, so we could not well seperate from it; the Banquette is as you know up at the top of the Diligence - the day was quite glorious, not a cloud on the …