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and full of intact vases. I cannot yet say more at present, but the discovery delights us. Cordially yours C. F. A. Schaeffer.
, written diagonally: P. S. If Mr Mrs Lapierre / get in touch with our friends, / please convey to them our best / best wishes and [?welcomeEnkomi - Alasia, 30. X. 57. Dear Mr Karageorghis, / come and see us, if they feel / like it, Sunday or Saturday / afternoon when the / camp reopens / and perhaps what / will provide a pretext / for your visit.] I thank you for your letter of the 26th inst. and for your charming idea of inviting us to a Picknick at Vouni with Mr. & Mrs Lapierre and others of your friends. I believe I must however apologise with much of regrets. We would have to drive more than 200 km from here the only day I find for a little rest, yet since on Sunday morning we must with Saturday afternoon use for the tombs to excavate when que the general excavations are stopped. We have no specialists to whom to entrust the clearing and are obliged to do this work ourselves. To this is added the discovery of a fine intact and rather large Late Bronze tomb of which you saw, with Mrs Harding, yesterday the intact door. This burial chamber alone will oblige us to sacrifice the rest of our Sundays, which moreover we do willingly. With the shortage of labour this year, it seems that we are condemned to archaeological forced labour, but as long as strength permits, we do it with enthusiasm. Please therefore excuse us to Mrs Karageorghis and Mr. & Mrs Lapierre. We shall see again Vouni, I hope, another time. - As Lady Harding wished to know the contents of the tomb seen by her, tell her with my respectful regards that it is intact, very fine
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