Dec 6/72 D.L.M. I went down / yesterday - forgot to take / the Mantegna but it / didn't matter - now try / to get rid as fast as / you can of all impending / work & work 12 hours a / day for you can be off / as soon as you like - / come here on Thursday / to meet Mr. Ruskin I'll / tell you what hour & / perhaps you could by then / get the copy you made / in Pisa - not that it / is essential but it might / be as well - I have puffed / you up tremendously as I / beseech you think of me / much when you are in / Italy or as to redeem /me from shame - because I / once recommended a secretary / to him in glowing terms and / you have it in your power / to wipe that disgrace out / of my life - come over before / if you like - at lunch time / I am mostly in - / youraffec / EB.J.