The Johns Hopkins Hospital March 1, 1921
Lady dear,
I'm glad of the letter, even though it tells me of new trials for you from spirit. No, I don't want to live into old age. It is more or less of a return to the negation from which we come. When the petals drop & the leaves wither it is hard to witness the lone stalk. I had hoped to see you here this winter or spring, but I know you cannot come. I think of you often even if I do not write. Someday you will come to me & rest, doing just as you please, & free from the constant anxiety which has increased for the past years.
Things go on here. I have nothing to complain of. I have had no rows with people, even those with whom combustion is easy. We are having a trying year, as I knew we should. My wonderful chief is bearing many things alone, except for my poor support. There is much to tell you when we meet. I hope to go home for a week at Easter. Augustus & the baby & Mother & her attendant are in N.Y.C. Things seem to go smoothly. Lillian is working in a library & spending her spare hours with her paramour. Augustus never complains.
I have just completed an article which I hope to publish. Am about to get busy on the Milwaukee paper. I dread the trip out there & the convention, but I felt I could not refuse.
Very much love to you
from
Esther