Page:Percival Lowell - an afterglow.djvu/143

An Afterglow

You did cleverly to find out about Sakura no Saka. It might mean "The Hill of the Cherry-tree," the position of words in a Japanese sentence being the opposite of ours. What I meant by it I cannot now recall.

The tailor strike is ending so I have hopes of getting my clothes and convoying them with me in bond to Boston. One overcoat I actually wore today. It is handsomely lined in green! Servants are secured. May they remain secured and satisfactory.

BOSTON

The Xacting planet is exacting enough in all conscience but so it ought to be as you see by the above.

I am off shortly for another week-end which as you say are nice and fresh airy.

Bouncing Bets all along the garden side not semi-wild but of these days and tame. Thought you would like to know. Also, mirabile dictu, blue sky but pale. 107