Ho, leave us in yer will before yer die!”
’Tis well to be you, looking forward to sailing the Spanish Main....
Of Philip Guedalla’s Supers and Supermen, Teixeira writes, 7.11.20:
I have got it out of the Times Book Club because of a kindly notice. There are two or three delicious plums in it....
Among the happy phrases is one—“nudging us with his inimitably knowing inverted commas”—to which I would in my mean, Parthian way call your attention, as bearing upon one of our recent controversies....
What is B.N.C., a Noxford college mentioned in Galsworthy’s book?[18] he asks, 10.11.20. Bras(?z)enos? How I hate these initials!...
On St. Stanislaus’ Day, he writes:
Many thanks for your letter of yesterday (which was the eve of St. Stanislaus) ... I have no ... bright social news for you.
Yet stay.