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Wednesday, March 4th

Sarah still out sick. Began the day be reading the Library chapter in Ulysses; Stephen on Shakespeare. A good deal too clever for anyone’s taste, but one hell of a skillful writer. Walked two miles; Beethoven’s Piano Con. 3.
Lean Cuisine; followed by Reagan’s “apology” speech on the Iran-ContraXXXXXdeal—which (the speech) was also lean. He’s now seen for what he is, aXXXXXXman, “headpiece filled with straw, alas.”
Another overheated call from Margaret wanting still more living-money. I said no, + when she became obscenely abusive, hung up on her. It’s hard to know what do; what’s best I mean.