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It has been a long while since I received the letter from you which gave me so much
pleasure. I still have it and shall always keep it. I like to know that you, too,
feel that our friendship is simply one of those which last for life. How few of
those friendships one has, in the long run, and how precious they become as time
goes on. One has to live about forty years to find out which things are the
temporary excitements, and which are the lasting affections. In every letter I get
from
I have had a rather hard winter, though many pleasant things have happened and I have
never enjoyed living more. The fuel
shortage was inconvenient for me. My study is heated by a coal grate, and
during the terribly bitter weather
Several weeks ago I had a nsaty
I have also done many pleasant things with the o on well with
Isabelle’s husband now; have really learned to like him. Like most people, he has
many good qualities when you come to know him well. We have gone to concerts and to
the opera often together. We heard
Before ward
When While we
managed to keep part of this apartment comfortable, in spite of the fact that the
gas and water froze, many of the office buildings were almost entirely without heat,
and Edith’s office so cold she had to work in her coat and furs for weeks. The
suffering in the poor quarter to the south of us was disheartening and discouraging.
But it’s been, on the whole, a happy winter. Every Friday afternoon there have been
pleasant and interesting people here for tea, and we have given some jolly little
dinner parties. When Josephine is well
Now I must close a long letter. Please give my love to