Tempus fugit

(1959 February 1)

Mary M and I feel so very sorry because we were so late and especially since by your remarks I could tell you didn't believe us. Actually, it is often hard to account for time which often goes by quickly especially in a department store. I have been wondering myself where the time went. I suppose we were about 20 minutes in Manchesters where we observed teen fashions and bought my black tights. Then about 15 in Barons where M bot her black tights. And at least half an hour in Rendalls to buy M's jacket and wait until snaps were sewed on. Then the wait for the bus, the delicatessen, the sausage shop, the wait for the cab and the long snaillike pace. I really do think your wife might understand better than you about shopping, but anyway, please try to understand the feminine mind and that we are so very sorry to have caused you so much inconvenience.