Montreal, Dec. 1/81.
Livy darling, I was very glad to get a word from you to-day. I seem to have been away from home a long time., & anything that comes from there has a mighty newsy aspect. Osgood & I were guests of Mr. & Mrs. Dawson (my Canadian publisher) last night. A crowd of very nice people there. We staid toill 11. Today we were guests of a clergyman, Rev. Mr. Bray, who gathered a dozen bright men together at a luncheon. I have been made temporary member of a club, but have not been there yet. The book was published in London, today, as we know by cablegram, & will be published here pretty soon & in Boston day after tomorrow. I won six dollars from Osgood today, in a game of billiards, & to-night he won nine dollars of me. I shall have all his money before I get done with him. Take it all around, we are having a pretty good time. I go to bed early & get up early. The fire is made at 7.15; the barber comes at 8, & we breakfast at 9. The weather has been foggy, muggy, o rainy & warm for a couple of days; but it is clearing off, now, & if [tomorrow] is a fair day we go to Quebec in the afternoon & return to Montreal on Monday. We have signed lots of papers & shall have to sign lots more—but they won’t be ready till Monday.
By George I’m sorry I missed the Visit of those Cranes; but I reckon Jean did the hospitalities all right & kept up the reputation of the house.
Going to bed now; please to kiss the children & yourself for me, & believe me your lover
Saml
Mrs. S. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn. [return address:] windsor hotel montreal. [postmarked:] montreal canada de 2 8 am [and] [rec’d]. hartford [conn] dec 3 8am
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MicroML, reel 4.
Provenance:
See Samossoud Collection in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
tomorrow • to- | morrow
rec’d • r[e]c’d [badly inked]
conn • con[n] [badly inked]
