Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, explaining why letter-writing and reading books have become difficult; describing his time on the first floor of a new house which he rented for himself and Mary Wallace; recalling a memory of a hunt with a couple friends and dogs; speaking of the value of older men’s wisdom; and asking whether Willy has read certain stories before concluding with wishes for a “merry Xmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.”