[A few paragraph breaks added for ease of reading.]Jan 20. 1894. Cambridge.
Sat. Afternoon.
Today I work in the afternoon instead of the evening because, in an hour or two I join Buck & go with him to Stoneham there to remain this evening & tomorrow. Another card party, this time at Miss Jones's Buck's cousin. I have never told you about Miss Jones? She seems to me the finest of the Stoneham girls by all odds. She has a great deal of fineness in her nature wh[ich] expresses itself always in manner & voice. She is not cold but yet very quiet & full of dignity, womanly withal. I call at her home almost every time I am in Stoneham & frequently see her in church, for she is a Unitarian & we, Buck and I, you know usually go to the Unitarian church. Miss Jones belongs pronouncedly [bet?] New England type, mind & features alike. Introspective undemonstrative, rather thin & fine cut face[.]
On Monday morning I visit again the dentist in Stoneham to have my teeth scraped. I hadn't time when I was with him before & had my teeth filled. Buck recommended his dentist so highly that I have gone to him to have the necessary tinkering done - it has to be done once in so often.
I discovered by chance a day or two ago, dear that Pierce's sister was a class-mate of yours. He doesn't know of your relation to me I guess, at any rate he has never said anything that would lead me to infer his possession of any such knowledge. When I asked him in a surprised sort of fashion the other day whether his sister was really in Wellesley '88 he answered without noting anything unusual in my question. Did you know Miss Pierce well, & what can you tell me of her now?
I guess I'll have to tell Pierce about you pretty soon. You know who he is, don't you? Shawn mentioned his name to you on several times, I am sure, & perhaps gone further in informing you about him. He is a graduate of Amherst '88. I met him first [at?] Riverview when he was there with the Amherst Glee Club in '89. I saw not much of him then, but liked him much. He remained as tutor in Amherst for a while & finally came on to Harvard where he has been studying philos. & psychol. for two or three years. This year he is asst. in the psychol. laboratory. Next year he will go abraod for study or travel. He has already met Miss Miles & come to know her pretty well. His acquaintance was furthered by his sister who had met Miss Miles in the Wellesley library. Pierce is a mighty good fellow, & I'm rather fond of him. He will doubtless make it pleasant for Miss Miles in the lab.
Today I went to the lab. again with the hope of averting Miss Miles but was disappointed. This is the third time. Perhaps I shall try again Monday. If it fails then, I shall write to her I think & ask if I may not call at some time during the coming examination period.
I have to leave my room this afternoon at 4:30 and I am hoping that your letter may arrive before that time, but it is doubtful. If it doesnt come then, I must wait of course til Monday before seeing it. I mailed your letter this morning at the usual time. I hope it will not fail to arrive this evening.
Darling, will you wear the Greek dress one evening when we are here next month? I haven't seen it for a long time & I want to. Besides, you look always so splendid in it, that I, merely out of pride in my possessions, want to have Buck see you. You don't mind that, dear? I don't think it's wrong. It would of course have a somewhat diff. meaning if I regarded you exclusively as a possession, but you know I don't. You are no more mine than I am yours.
And what shall you wear when you first see me, the white wool dress? That I like pretty well. But you shall do what you think best.
Thy Lover
George