You and I have now been writing to each other foe seventeen years and it is a sad fact that we have never met. Perhaps you have never been able to travel; maybe it has been too expensive. But although it is difficult for me to leave my editorial work for even one day, I have wanted to meet you for a long time. Would it therefore be possible for me to visit you? If this is convenient,perhaps you could suggest a day and a train, and I will tell you the time of my expected arrival.