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Excuse this picturesque letter paper. This day is the first rainy one—I don't
count the gray ones, which I love—in three weeks. I've finished the Archbishop5—all except verifying dates etc.
All the interesting work is done, and I miss the old fellow's society. It's
always dismal to have an old friend go away or to finish a book. The thing
that gave one pleasant excitement for so long is simply gone and done
with—like a squeezed lemon. I'll go back to ACCOMODATIONS FOR
200 GUESTS
The Shattuck Inn
and Annex
ALL MODERN
CONVENIENCES
AT THE FOOT OF MONADNOCK MOUNTAIN
JAFFREY, N. H.
AMERICAN PLAN
OPEN ALL THE
YEAR
Bank street6 the last of the
month. Meanwhile I'm turning over a few ideas to see which is more
attractive. I've got to have a yarn of some sort to shelter me during the
winter. I'll call you up soon after I get back. Is there anything new in the
world worth reading? I wish Galsworthy7 wrote letters—such a nice man, why doesn't he?
Salute the Whistler8
'Cremorne Gardens'9 for me as you pass by.