dear d.-l.-l.,

i am studying latin prose composition. i have been studying it.

i shall be studying it. i shall be about to have been studying it.

my re-examination comes the 7th hour next tuesday, and i am

going to pass or bust. so you may expect to hear from me next,

whole and happy and free from conditions, or in fragments.

i will write a respectable letter when it's over. tonight i have

a pressing engagement with the ablative absolute.

yours--in evident haste

j. a.