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New York -- I felt guilty bothering your mother who must have as much to carry for herself -- Your sister Frances was in bed with a sore throat when I lunched with your Mother.  I think the parting will be painful for them, but they will meet again in the spring, and that isn't far off -

Won't you three be coming over again?  I was sorry to hear that Alexander had another set back.  I hope all is right again.  

Mrs Ch. M. Young (Eliza Coy) has a five week old boy -- She wrote to tell me of its arrival and I called when I was in town, and she was not well enough to receive, but arrived the next day to call with him and the baby!  It is very [[?]] [[?]] and smiled in its mother's face!  I shall continue to wonder how she can have fallen in love with her husband, which is very silly of me, but he is not amusing and doesn't look healthy -- I told them how much Alexander