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Friday 1930 over
My Dear Charles - I am up early - shortly after six - a cold frosty morning. I have been working in the streets. Last night, at 2 in
the morning, a man called me, on the long distance phone from a plantation, far down in Louisiana.
He was drunk - had read something of mine that had stirred him. When he got drunk he wanted to talk to me - He
was strangely incoherent and profane about life. It was a queer uncanny experience.
When I see you I will tell you about him. I am leaving for Chicago - to speak out there - never in my life having been las? in the word. I am looking forward to the rearrangement of my life here and to another kind of life later on. It is going to be a hard
few months ahead.
You all know how I wanted to see you - what it would have meant to me. This summer, if you do achieve
some freedom, I will come and be near you. My love to you and Katharine.
Sherwood