My dear Mack:

Holidaying has not done you any good, dear boy, unless my eyesight was no good, I could not imagine that Mr. Calvin McQuesten could become so frivolous. Have a care!

Mr. Lewis says he has managed about the pass.

Yes, I am back to the damnation grind once more -- reinvigorated but sorry. But I had a glorious time. That is a story that will keep until your return.

When I think of all that money gone to the bow-wows, I feel like putting on crape. But, as I said, I had......

Best wishes always,

Brierley