Vladimir Nabokov. Labios contra labios
Vladimir Nabokov. LIPS TO LIPS
You take the letter and scan it:
... editors are more than entranced... our classical writers... adornment of our review.
"He got my patronymic wrong," adds Ilya Borisovich with a kindly chuckle. "You know how writers are: absentminded! The journal will come out in September, you will read my little work." And replacing the letter in his wallet, he takes leave of you and with a worried air hurries away.