To William Dean Howells
14 March 1882 • 1st of 2 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, typewritten, from dictation: MH-H, UCCL 02172)
hartford conn. march 14th. 1882.
my dear howells:
that hotel bill has arrived, and in it i find this sentence, “mr. howells account $6.85.” you need not bother to send me the money; just hand it to osgood sometime or other, and he will credit me with it, on his books. i got finely satirized for coming home empty of information, as regards the intentions of my mother, and sister; but i said you were waiting at the door, and i could not very well stop to ask a lot of irrelevant questions. then i was asked how long i was there, and as i had to confess to three quarters of an hour, the thing was botched again, so i dropped the subject. if i do not hear from the general within the stipulated week, i will stir him up according to the agreement.
yours as ever,
mark.
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MTHL, 1:392–93.
Provenance:
See Howells Letters in Description of Provenance.
