In one of your letters you were good enough to promise me a motorboat
trip from New York to Sag Harbor. I can think of few things more
delightful than navigating in a motorboat the sea that I used to
navigate in an open canoe; it will seem like Progress. So if you are
still in that mind please write me what day _after Saturday next_ you
can meet me in New York and I'll be there. I should prefer that you
come the day before the voyage and dine with me that evening.
I always stay at the Hotel Navarre, 7th avenue and 38th street. If
unable to get in there I'll leave my address there. Or, tell me where
_you_ will be.
Sincerely yours,
AMBROSE BIERCE.
If the motorboat plan is not practicable let me know and I'll go by
train or steamer; it will not greatly matter. A. B.
[Washington, D. C.,
Tuesday, August 8, 1911.]