Every one in London thought it an enormous compliment and Harold Frederic, Ralph, Ballard Smith and the rest were very envious.
I told them I could not go, but I was glad to have had the compliment paid me.

Barrie has made out a scenario of the "Soldiers" for dramatic purposes and has asked the Haymarket management to consider it.

So, that I guess that it must be good-- So, I also guess I had better finish it-- I leave for Florence to night.

I am having a fine, fine time and I am so glad you are all well.
Lots of love, DICK.
Of the many happy days we have spent together, I do not believe there were any much more happy than the three weeks Richard remained with me.
It was his first long visit to Italy and from the day of his arrival he loved the old town and its people who gave him a most friendly welcome.
He had come at a time when Florence was at its best, its narrow quaint streets filled with sunshine and thronged with idling natives and the scurrying tourists that always came with the first days of spring.

The Cascine and the pink-walled roads of the environs were ablaze with wild roses and here, after his rather strenuous experience in Cuba, Richard gave himself up to long days of happy idleness.