arrghigiveup:[link to thread]For anyone having difficulty reading the letter, transcription courtesy

arrghigiveup:[link to thread]For anyone having difficulty reading the letter, transcription courtesy of @flashstickMy dear Oliver,I hope you’ll forgive the familiarity when we haven’t been properly introduced! I’ve been following your Twittering for a little while and have been delighted by your adventures in bookselling and navigation of the social medium.I trust this missive finds you well and that the present unhappy situation of the world isn’t weighing too heavily upon you.I should say, to begin with, that this is not in any way your fault. Rather, a combination of circumstances:your highly engaging accounts of life at Sotheran’s and my - upon reflection, inadvisable - decision to place the word ‘Bookseller’ quite so prominently outside my own place of work, have led to a troubling increase in potential customers.For some inexplicable reason, certain people have latched onto the idea that you and I are one and the same, conflating your excellent premises with my own, and consequently are under the impression that I am eager to attract codex-starved bibliophiles from far and wide.I suppose it’s too much to ask that people understand the nuance of the title of bookseller, especially when it comes to books of a rare or antiquarian nature.While I am undoubtedly a bookseller, it does not immediately follow that I’m eager to sell books.At least when someone attempts to adopt a pet or a child, there are stringent checks upon the prospective home. But I digress. I wonder if I might prevail upon you to dispel any misperception amongst your followers that we are the same being.Even a very brief on-the-line statement would help.I would be tremendously grateful and will gladly direct any custom that strays through my doors your way, should you so desire.Sincerely and with warmest wishes,Aziraphale p.s. Crowley respectfully declines to apologise for Pompei or Herculaneum.  -- source link

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