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Nov. 12th '91
Dear Mr. Scudder: -
Your kind letter reaches
me just on the eve of my departure
for Kumamoto, Kyushu, where
I expect to remain for a few
years; - the climate being much
warmer in Kyushu, the hours
of teaching fewer, and the salary
double that I received in Matsue.
I am very sorry you should
have been sick so long, and that I
should have caused you some
trouble during that time. All
the more thanks for your
kind words of advice and
sympathy.
The phantoms of my
earlier papers (on the yellow
stuff) have been haunting
me lately; and I think they
must be recast entirely, - or
almost entirely. It would be
no small favor could you
return me papers which you
feel would need recasting.
I should at once set to
work on them. I was too
nervous in my first days
in Japan; - indeed the first