At least, I think they were inconsiderate. But I don't see why I'm
unburdening myself of all this to you, poor darling! We'll have
forgotten all about it long before you come home for the holidays, and
it should mean little or nothing to you, anyway. Forget that I've
been so foolish!
Your father is waiting for me to take a walk with him--that's a
splendid sign, because he hasn't felt he could walk much, at home,
lately. I mustn't keep him waiting. Be careful to wear your
mackintosh and rubbers in rainy weather, and, as soon as it begins to
get colder, your ulster. Wish you could see your father now. Looks so
much better! We plan to stay six weeks if the place agrees with him.
It does really seem to already! He's just called in the door to say
he's waiting. Don't smoke too much, darling boy.
Devotedly, your mother
Isabel.
But she did not keep her husband there for the six weeks she
anticipated. She did not keep him anywhere that long. Three weeks
after writing this letter, she telegraphed suddenly to George that
they were leaving for home at once; and four days later, when he and a
friend came whistling into his study, from lunch at the club, he found
another telegram upon his desk.
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