torcello，20 november1948

　　dearest kittner：

　　been working hard and missing you harder.nomails today at all.i wrote you day before yest andforwarded a letter from your family to theexcelsior in firenze today.now writing you justat sun-set.been beautiful fall weather ever sincethe day you left.i went shooting with emilio andshot 25 small birds and we might have gotten twoducks as four flashed over us very low but wereeating lunch when it happened.might have missedthem too.

　　have my correspondence all done except forletter torice.then will do the article.may do the article and then rice since will have togo into venice to get power of attorney notarized. wrote charley ritz too.

　　there is a big duck shoot either tomorrow（sunday）a.m.or else monday.emilio is going tolet me know tonight.hope it's monday as myshoulder is sore from those high，straight up and down shots.i think those are probably quite heavyloads of the light shot.can really shoot that overand under now.haven't started learning the doubleyet.

　　believe magazines etc.held up by the dockstrike.they say over 50 000 sacks of mail on thedocks in ny.but you read the papleys too sowon't kalten born the news to you.

　　your last pictures（the tower etc.） came outexcellently.got them last night.

　　no more word from childies.

　　hope your news was good.

　　i've been trying to stay awake and read untilmidnight or one a.m.

　　no local news.mooky's foot got ok.ateoutdoors in the sun today and he kept his head inmy lap all through lunch；clams，sole，white riceplain.bobby the other dog，crazy's brother，can situp to beg and also make a how do you do and afancy meeting you.

　　there's nobody living here now.today threecouples for lunch though；a character who waseither a fairy or a cinema star or both withreconditioned woman（fenders straightened，badpaint job），a sort of brusadelli type with woman tomatch and a brace of belgiums.i can now tell the travelling belgium as far as can smell them.

　　best to all your friends.love to my kitten.begood and have good fun.it's dark now and theshooting has started.been trying to think what abelgium smells like（the post-war travellingbelgiums）think it is a blend of traitorous king，toe jam，un-washed navels，old bicycle saddles，（sweated），paving stones，and eminently soundmoney with a touch of leek soup and cooking parsnips.

　　i love you dearest kittner and miss you very，very very very，very，very much.

　　papa

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　　最親愛的基特納：

　　我努力地工作著，但對你卻更加思念。今天沒有收到任何郵件。我前天給你寫了封信，今天又從你的家轉交了一封到非倫沙的艾塞斯爾的信。現在我正在日落之時給你寫信。自你離開的那天起，這里一直是秋高氣爽、氣候宜人。我和埃米利歐去打了獵，打到了25只小鳥，也許我們有可能打到兩只野鴨，因為有四只野鴨從我們頭上很低地飛過，但當時我們正在吃午飯。也有可能我們打不到它們。

　　除了給阿爾弗雷德·賴斯的信之外，我已處理完我所有的信件。然后我將開始寫那篇文章。也許我會先寫文章，再給賴斯寫信，因為我得去威尼斯辦理代理權的公證。我也給查利·里茨寫了一封信。

　　明天（星期天）上午或者星期一，我們將去打野鴨。埃米利歐今晚將通知我。我希望星期一去，因為我的肩膀由于向高處垂直射擊而感到酸痛。我想那可能是負荷太重。我現在已能真正地射擊了。我還沒有開始學雙管槍射擊。

　　我想雜志等由于碼頭工人罷工而受阻。他們說5萬多袋郵件滯留在紐約碼頭。但你也看過這些報道，所以我不用再把這些消息詳細轉告給你。

　　你最新的照片（塔等等）照得非常好。我是昨晚收到的。

　　沒有奇爾狄斯的消息。

　　希望你的消息都是好消息。