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CLET001778
16.XII.1914
Sta bene per sabato 19 – ma siccome alle 14 debbo trovarmi
Quanto a
A sabato, caro Illica - sempre
il suo aff°
Tito Ricordi
16.XII.1914
Dear Illica,
Castellarquato
Saturday the 19th is fine — but since I need to be in Via Berchet at 14:00 for a meeting, I'd say to read Judith at 11:00 at Vittorio Gnecchi's home and then have a restorative lunch together (at 12:30); that way I'll be sure to be free by 14:00. I'll telephone Vittorio Gnecchi and let him know.
As for Pierino, ahem! ahem!! despite all the years that have passed, I continue to feel quite bitter over "Iris" and I have no desire to suffer that kind of vivisection again. And then — inter nos — do you still have faith in Mascagni? me, not much, so little in fact that I'd say hardly at all.
Until Saturday, dear Illica — remaining as always
yours fondly
Tito Ricordi