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It was a great disappointment to me that I was unable to be with you last night3. It's always a bitter pill
when one finds one's self not quite able to do the things you
one used to do. (Many years hence you will begin to experience this).
I had been up very late the night before, very much stirred in mind and heart; then I tried to work yesterday, and that did me in. I had accepted Marutha Menuhin4's box party in October; the moment her letter of invitation came I called, knowing there would be a scramble for seats in that small hall5. Otherwise, your invitation would have taken precedence over all others.
But two late nights in succession, after shopping for old ladies—no, I wasn't up to it, dear Blanche, though I'm ashamed to admit it.
Yours always Willa Cather