Today I went to our provincial city
commemorating my late wife. On my way back, I turned towards some bookshops for
buying masterpieces and writing brushes.

今之省城祭亡妻，歸途輾轉置書筆。Suddenly sister told me on the phone that
mother got very anxious for my prolonged absence. The time had slipped by. It had been afternoon now.

電傳老母家中急，不覺荏苒日偏西。