[[handwritten letter on Imperial Hotel stationary - dated to a day after the events described.]]
Dearest Neil,
You will think me old-fashioned, I’m sure, but I’m (still) not used to texting as a method of communication. It doesn’t seem genuine somehow. Besides, a letter is less likely to get refuted than a telephone text. (Unless you decide to write to me in return, but I don’t suppose you will.)
Please accept my most sincere apologies for the other night. You were v. kind & sweet to me & I was a most horrible friend to you. I cannot think of a way to make it up to you. Attached some pictures – they will have some value even in this godless age, I should think, if not to reputation then at least to marriage. The card is his. Use as you wish. I’m sure you’re far to kind to do anything w. them.
I enjoyed our evening of musical education & silly dancing v. much. If you will ever speak to me again, I would love nothing more than to spend another such evening w. you.
Yours, Guy
[[Attached are four photographs of poor quality (but clear enough) of a man in a bathroom stall taking hits of white powder, one of which, from the clavicle of a young man. Also attached a business card with a name and the lawyers firm the man belongs to, including a personal phone number handwritten in the right corner.]]
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Dearest Neil,
You will think me old-fashioned, I’m sure, but I’m (still) not used to texting as a method of communication. It doesn’t seem genuine somehow. Besides, a letter is less likely to get refuted than a telephone text. (Unless you decide to write to me in return, but I don’t suppose you will.)
Please accept my most sincere apologies for the other night. You were v. kind & sweet to me & I was a most horrible friend to you. I cannot think of a way to make it up to you. Attached some pictures – they will have some value even in this godless age, I should think, if not to reputation then at least to marriage. The card is his. Use as you wish. I’m sure you’re far to kind to do anything w. them.
I enjoyed our evening of musical education & silly dancing v. much. If you will ever speak to me again, I would love nothing more than to spend another such evening w. you.
Yours,
Guy
[[Attached are four photographs of poor quality (but clear enough) of a man in a bathroom stall taking hits of white powder, one of which, from the clavicle of a young man. Also attached a business card with a name and the lawyers firm the man belongs to, including a personal phone number handwritten in the right corner.]]