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[Velice vtipný dopis, Bohuslav Martinů si dělá pauzu v kompozici. V dopise užívá hodně přísloví a pořekadel, dělá si z nich legraci. Ironicky srovnává staré a současné časy (také z pohledu platnosti těchto řčení).]
BM se ohrazuje "proti těm hrbatejm psům" a vtipně utěšuje Karla Šebánka, aby si z nich a z ničeho nic nedělal. Vše, co pro BM udělal, mu bude započítáno - možná ale až na druhém světě. BM mu už nikdy nebude nadávat. KŠ sice uvedl do oběhu několik věcí, které by BM raději zahodil, ale čas možná ukáže, že to byla správná volba (i když BM pochybuje). BM se chce KŠ odměnit, a proto se s Alénem Divišem rozhodli, že ho ožení. AD se ženit nechce, protože už prý má budoucnost za sebou. BM popisuje výhody sňatku (menší daně, nové zásluhy o vlast), připomíná ale také nevýhody, které se však při dobré mysli dají zvládnout. "S tím Debrieu Freres v Nice, to je to samé, když to necháme ležet, kde to je." [Narážka na zásilku SERENÁD?] Partitury u sebe nemá, hlasy nikdo nekoupí. Když nakladatel nevydá dílo do určité doby, která je stanovena ve smlouvě, [smlouva pozbývá platnosti]. BM potřebuje vidět svou smlouvu [s Melantrichem]. Napíše si o ni sám. Oni stejně nic nepošlou a budou na tom pilně pracovat, jako na smlouvě s Boosey & Hawkes. "No práce šlechtí". Poslal AD knihy, "tak aspoň jeden šťastnej na světě". Stejně mu nebudou nic platné, "protože když to všechno poznáme a všechno prokoukneme, tak musíme umřít". KŠ si tedy z toho nemá nic dělat a má se oženit.
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[A very funny letter, Bohuslav Martinů taking a break in composition. In the letter he uses a lot of proverbs and sayings, making fun of them. He ironically compares the old and the present times (also in terms of the validity of these sayings).]
BM rails against "those humpbacked dogs" and jokingly comforts Karel Šebánek not to make fun of them or anything. Everything he has done for BM will be credited to him - but perhaps only in the next world. BM will never scold him again. KS may have put a few things in circulation that BM would rather throw away, but time may prove that it was the right choice (though BM doubts it). BM wants to reward KS, so he and Alain Divis have decided to marry him. AD doesn't want to get married because he says he's already got his future behind him. BM describes the advantages of marriage (less taxes, new merits for the country), but also reminds us of the disadvantages, which can be managed with a good mind. "With the Debrieu Freres in Nice, it's the same thing if we leave it lying where it is." [An allusion to the SERENAD shipment?] He doesn't have the scores with him, nobody will buy the votes. If the publisher doesn't publish the work within a certain period of time, which is stipulated in the contract, [the contract expires]. BM needs to see his contract [with Melantrich]. He will write about it himself. They're not going to send anything anyway, and they're going to work as hard on it as they did on the Boosey & Hawkes contract. "Well work makes perfect". He sent AD the books, "so at least one happy one in the world". They won't do him any good anyway, "because when we know and see through it all, we have to die". So KS shouldn't make a big deal of it and should get married.
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