July 3 Saturday – At 23 Tedworth Square in London, Sam replied to Florence Hayward, London foreign correspondent, whom he had turned down on Jan. 29 for an interview. Her request is not extant.

“Perhaps I could be interviewed a little—just a little—for the St. Louis Republic, but not for an English paper, because I have declined them all, including the Pall Mall, & must not stultify myself now.”

Sam wanted to screen her questions first, and didn’t know how he could make an appointment, what with the “hurly -burly getting ready for the continent.” He expected they’d leave in a week if Livy was well enough to travel by then. Hayward might “try any noon after Monday” [MTP]. Note: Livy’s condition since her eye surgery on June 25 was evidently the cause for a week’s extension on the rent and the delayed departure until July 13.

Ridout & Co., London wrote to Sam: “We understand from Mr. Garth that you have arranged to continue the tenancy for a week from today, and we shall be pleased to hear from you early in reference to appointment for checking Inventory,etc.” [MTP: Heritage Auction Galleries 19 Jan. 2010, No. 6039, Lot 35211].