October 26 Monday – At the Tedworth Square house in Chelsea, London, Sam began work on the manuscript of Following the Equator [Dec. 18 to Rogers]. Note: he may have started even earlier, as he added a note to Bliss on Oct. 21 that he was working on it.

He also wrote to Chatto & Windus, supposed they hadn’t received the Bourget-Max O’Rell article he’d sent by messenger. He had another piece for them:

To-day I received from America & am posting to you the Californian’s Tale [from Rogers] in good clean print — the original from the Author Club book. You won’t need to worry the printer with that mangy type-written copy now.

 Sam also wanted a note struck out which preceded Tom Sawyer, Detective, the note explaining the story was true though the scene not the real scene. Sam felt it looked “like an attempt to make the reader believe true what” he failed to make sound true [MTP].

After his signature Sam wrote:

I am immersed in work.

My address has been discovered.

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