LV
Nesta Rossiter to Richard Haven
Dear “Uncle” Richard,—I wonder if you could possibly come down, if only for a night, to see Aunt Verena. She really needs a good talk with some one sensible and frank. We all do our best but we are not sufficient. It is very bad, I am sure, for a naturally active woman such as she is to be forced to lie still in this way. She has even begun to talk about the extent to which complete invalidism should be endured, how fair it is to the community to be a deadweight, and so on. So if you could manage even a flying visit it would be a great relief to us all and a great comfort to her.—I am, yours sincerely,
Nesta
LVI
Richard Haven to Nesta Rossiter
Dear Nesta, it is impossible, I fear, for a week or so. But I will come then, although only for a night.—Yours,
R. H.