Let’s forget what I just wrote. More than an hour has passed since then. Sampson and Tim Cronin came up and I had to crystallize our work on the case for their benefit. I never saw such a pair! Kids, both of ’em. Gobbled the story as if it were a fairy-tale.... As I talked, I saw with appalling clarity how little I actually did and how much you did. I’m pining for the day when you will pick out some nice girl and be married, and then the whole darned Queen family can pack off to Italy and settle down to a life of peace.... Well, El, I’ve got to dress and go down to headquarters. A lot of routine work has collected since last Monday and my job is just about cut out for me.... When are you coming home? Don’t think I want to rush you, but it’s so gosh-awful lonesome, son. I—No, I guess I’m selfish as well as tired. Just a doddering old fogey who needs coddling. But you _will_ come home soon, won’t you? Djuna sends his regards. The rascal is taking my ears off with the dishes in the kitchen. Your loving Father THE END Transcriber’s Notes 1. Italicised words are indicated by _underscores_. 2. Footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the end of the paragraph. 3. Misspelled words have been corrected (see below). Archaic, inconsistent and alternative spellings have been left unchanged. Hyphenation has not been standardised. 4. Ellipsis placement has been modified in order to facilitate text reflow. In most cases ellipses between sentences have been merged with the closing punctuation of the preceding sentence. Ellipses between words within a sentence have had spaces added before and after. 5. “Edit Distance” in Corrections table below refers to the Levenshtein Distance. Corrections: Page Source Correction Edit distance v 57 56 1 vi 270 271 1 xv hypochrondiac hypochondriac 2 152 of couse of course 1 174 Professsor Professor 1 175 æsophagus œsophagus 1 226 distate distaste 1