December 14 Tuesday – Sam lectured (“Savages”) in Warren, Mass. [MTL 3: 415].

He wrote from Springfield to Livy about the packed house in New Britain, some creative changes he’d made to an anecdote, and a dream about losing Livy to a rival [MTL 3: 423-4]. Sam had witnessed Steve Gillis’ breakup before his wedding, and also possibly feared he wasn’t good enough for the idealized “vision” he had constructed.