I know that the following is a break of confidence, because I am forwarding
a notice which Frans today sent off the list, but I also know that there
are others on this list who will absolutely want to share the good news and
raise their cup on the event it announces:
Born today (20 October) was Cornelis Elliot van Liere, son of
Frans and Kate van Liere. Cornelis (Kees) weighs 6 1/2 pounds
(USA, 6 European pounds), and measures 21 inches. He has blue
eyes, and (according to Kate) his father's nose. Both mother
and child are well !
Dear Frans, I am sure to speak for many if I send you our warmest
congratuatulations and our best wishes for Kate and Kees and yourself. As I
have told you before, there is no better and no more rewarding way to ruin
one or two careers than by (be-)getting a child. And what regards Kees's
nose, tell Kate not to worry too much if the rest of the baby looks OK. In
our days cosmetical surgery can work wonders Pinocchio and Cyrano de
Bergerac could only have dreamed of.
Otfried
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