I am sure you will have no difficulty in establishing
yourself. They tell me the returned soldiers are not having an easy
time finding satisfactory and lucrative positions. It is a shame
the way certain concerns have treated a good many of them, after
actually promising to hold their places open for them. But with you
it will be different. I spoke to Mr. Roberts yesterday about you.
He wants to have a talk with you. I have an idea he wants to put you
in charge of one of their offices in Spain. At any rate, he asked
if you spoke Spanish well....So I can easily afford to increase
your allowance to one hundred and fifty a month. More, if you
should ask for it, but you are so proud and self-reliant I can
do absolutely nothing with you, dear boy. I quite understand your
unwillingness to accept more than you actually need from me. It is
splendid, and I am very proud of you....This girl you wrote me
about, is she so very rich?...Your father used to speak of a young
man named Windom and how he envied him because he was so tall and
handsome. Of course, your dear father was a small boy then, and
that is always one of the laments of small boys. That, and falling
in love with women old enough to be their mothers....Do write me
often. But don't be angry with me if I fail to answer all of your
letters. I am so frightfully busy. I rarely ever have more than a
minute to myself.
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