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I had a long letter from M. from Paris.  It is full of the excitement that beginning a new life inspires.  It talks along of commonplace matters and gives one the picture of arriving unknown, excited and alone in the palace of ones dreams.  I wrote him today and said many dull things but that I felt I must say, for I hold in my hand the power of making a marriage.  I must not forget that.  It may be that my advice was bad.  Here it is.  "You must go on telling me what you see every day and how it effects you, and all that happens.  Don't forget that I want to know all about Lee & his ménage.  Also please remember that he tells me all about that side of his life and that I would always like you to do the same.  I think you know how I feel about these things.  I think in his case (that is having [[underlined]] one [[/underlined]] friend) it is very apt to interfere with his work and make him lose some of his ambition.  But I realize our human side and I think that the fact of giving in to certain feelings makes us the sooner get rid of them and then