His usual formula was to present himselfas the chairman of the committee, introducing the lecturer of theevening; then, with what was in effect a complete change of personality,to begin his lecture. It must have been hard for Olivia Langdon to keep this wonderful surpriseout of those daily letters. Good Gad, I cried in chagrin. It was black-not for mourning, but for practicality.
More than once that summer he went alone into the wilderness tofind his balance and to get away entirely from humankind. I did not know him well, but onlyjust casually, and by accident. We arranged to have the affair come off inthe saloon beneath the Opera House after the play was over. No hobnobbing with thieves and spies, no orating.
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