| Description | Letter from Edmund Berry, Copenhagen, to his mother, regarding his intention of writing every Sunday as he does not like writing private letters at the office, illness of his grandfather, Uncle Edmund and Uncle Plum thought he was dying, his pain is controlled by morphia, dinner party at Mrs. Hage's, then to the Hornemann's to bring Bess and Mut from a dinner party there, met the Misses Knudtzon, declined an invitation to a ball because of grandfather's illness, but able to go at the last minute, thinking he would be able to learn a lot of Danish there, his preference for Danish dancing and Danish dance floors, grandfather has had a good night but is sinking fast, 7 December 1873
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