Feb 27 1898 Monday Beloved friend. / so tomorrow at 8 - / and the doctor, with nightly / ? & frowns, permits me - / He says I am to go in / warm thick things, & not in evening / dress - which I do / not think you will stand - / but one thing I do / mind - I wanted first to / get my hair cut - my / hairs cut another - for I / have grown shaggy and / untidy these weeks & / it can't be - & this is / a distressing thought - that I / should come so untidily into / your presence - both these / outrages upon decency you / will forgive as for me / I am looking forward to it / with simple glee - yes / only the three - to talk / of nothing that isn't happy - / & I still come back & / sleep like the seven pigs / of Ephesus - for Ephesus / must have had pigs / as well as Saints -. / & like those pigs will I / sleep. / Your devoted / B.J. / Champion always and on / the alert -