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Monhegan[penciled at top of page] 447 Marlboro St March 16/30 Dear Mrs. Eckstorm, [?] good [?] hear from you. For the last month [?] [?] done nothing at [?]! They have gone flat! may or not brighten up again. The root of that [?][underlined] word is used about as [?] as any[?] I think of! amaze meaning[?] is [?] gather up, take up or away- [?], eggs, anything. The [?] cream, grease off the pot, I should[?] doubt[?] the application is [?] Monhegan Island [?]. These mon-meanings[underlined] takes [?] or [?] directions. I can't always tell which is which, after just;[?] 10 years with them. My first idea of the monhegan meaning was just the [?] one you suggest: [?] [?] [?], though I don't remember [?] use of the [?] from [?] where the digging was done by personal, or perhaps creature, agency. H monhegan[underlined] was the [?] name [?] the island the day our idea would [?] rather hard for me to wholly abandon, but my [?] train[?] is that monhegan was the passage[underlined] along the mainland, opposite the island- the [?] [?] passage. Your [?] explanation goes with this. My case [?]