WCP4093

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Dear Wallace

I have just bethought me ^{& it is strange that I had not thought of it before,} that my second son¹ is quite capable of doing the job about which I have written ^{to you,2} & I am certain that he w[oul]^d like to do it, especially if I gave him a present. [1 sentence struck through, illeg.]. I gathered [1 word struck through, illeg.] ^an impression from your note³ to Bates⁴ that you did not care ^much about ^{undertaking the work;} & perhaps you will care still less when you hear how dull & tedious a one it is. If so I will get my son to undertake it. If on the other hand you wish for it, all that I wrote will ^{of course,} hold good. In any case I [1 word struck through, illeg.] beg you to excuse me for the [1 word struck through, illeg.] trouble which I have ^thus caused you. [1 word struck through, illeg.] If you have written bef to me before you receive this w[oul]d you kindly let me have a post-card— telling me how the case stands.

In Haste | yours very sincerely | C. D. [signature]