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How often I wish for a quiet hour in which to write to you! Life ge
This winter I have had a struggle to keep my books from being read aloud over
the radio. The law does not protect me, it has to be done by personal
persuasion. Then there has been a lot of tiresome detail about translation
of my books into Danish and
Italian; the correspondence
is now about two feet high! They are putting out beautiful boo editions, to be sure- - but I want to
write new books. I rage and fume that the olds ones should be actual barriers in my way. I enclose a c telegram which was followed up by cables
offering me my own terms and choice of date. I steadfastly turned down the
invitation, because from the moment I accept an engagement of that kind,
which has to be kept, sick or well, I cannot give my whole thought to the
story in hand. It harrasses me like an unpaid debt.
Of course the bright spot in the winter has been the lv live at the Ansonia hotel,
just across the park from me, and we read
Because I have loved you much and long, dear Carrie, I often wish I could
show these dear children to you, for they really are one of the chief
treasures of my life. I am sending you a letter from Hephzibah and Yaltah.
The rather grown-up hand writing is Hephzibah’s, the round childish hand is
Yaltah’s.
I said goodbye to them all nearly a week ago. They all went South with
Yehudi. He starts on his world tour in June .,
Now I have told you some of the troubles of my winter, and its chief joy,
dear Carrie, want talk about? Why,
Please return Hephzibah’s letter and the notices.