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4 flaunted in the eyes of all men as though one would boast of them. And what a grand voyage you had, from Martinez to
Martinez via the world You of all men, I am sure, enjoyed it; and I doubt if there is another man a-living whom you could
more delight with the telling than you could delight me. I heard of your going some time in advance of your start, and when
I wrote you that letter last winter I had a dubious belief that you were not at home, but I risked it. I am sorry I could
not have seen you, but glad you had the journey. And for your gracious invitation to come visit you, and let you tell me all
about the best, most hospitable groves of sequoias and sugar pines, and make your house my headquarters, I hardly know how
to find the words for thanks. You cannot know the pleasure such a visit would give me, or how every moment of it would be
treasured. I wish I might accept now, and spend the illegible ening months in that delightful state of anticipation with which
we children, however old, look ahead to a glad day. I hope some day within a moderate span of years, to be able to meet you
face to face, and so feed a hunger I have carried for a scare of years. I am sure that you and I shall be excellent good friends
if ever we do meet, and I trust we may before long 03431