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I do want you to know how much your letter pleased me. Of course I didn't expect many people to understand that book4—and I was not disappointed! I do feel sorry for the people who have been young once and yet never had a great admiration for anything! If one had ever had a case of ordinary hero-worship for a matinée idol, one ought to have some inkling of Lucy.
I am so sorry to hear that Doctor Todd5
has been ill. How clearly I remember his kind face and twinkling smile. In
her last letter to me Isabelle6 begged
me to give you loving greetings from her. She
always admired you greatly, you know. But she cannot write7 letters now. She w writes me messages to transmit to her old
friends. Writing Writing tires her too
much.
Thank you for liking "Lucy", dear lady. Many people buy her and read her, but very few know what it's all about.
Affectionately Willa Cather Ida Kleber Todd1 Myrtle Beach8 South Carolina NEW YORK, N.Y. STA Y2 FEB 21 1936 11-PM