It has, after all, been almost twenty years, and as Norma reminded me, a lot can happen, artwise, in that amount of time.

For this reason she was fond of seeing great crowds and large stretches of country, of reading about revolutions and wars, of looking at historical pictures—a class of efforts as to which she had often committed the conscious solecism of forgiving them much bad painting for the sake of the subject.

I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.

While here last night we caught a packet, and some shrapnel came into our house here. However, no casualties in cars or men.