28 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



Boston [1843] 



I SUPPOSE, dearest Sallie, that you all know before this 

 that the grand explosion has taken place and Lizzie 

 [Cabot] "is another's," but if anything can console us 

 for having her carried off in this unceremonious man- 

 ner, it is that " another " can appreciate her and is fully 

 aware of the blessings he is appropriating to himself. 

 I suppose that all this will have but little interest 

 for you, now that heart and soul are taken up by 

 Macready, as I suppose yours must be. You can imag- 

 ine Caddie's state of heart-rending despair when she 

 received your letter this morning; it arrived about 

 breakfast time and in vain did we offer her pressed 

 beef, cut in thin, sentimental slices, hot rolls and coffee 

 she refused to be comforted until the dinner hour, 

 when roast beef and Yorkshire pudding recalled her 

 wandering senses and reminded her that her duty to 

 her friends forbade her to starve. Nothing will console 

 her but your writing constantly about all that hap- 

 pens in the theatrical line, and for my especial benefit 

 do send us word of Altrochi's opinion of you and how 

 your music comes on. High treason as you will think it, 

 that interests me more than anything about Macready 

 or his performances, though I am very glad to hear of 

 him too. 



New York [1844] 



I HAVE had such intense enjoyment of the Giura- 

 mento, going every night till I have learned exactly 

 where to listen for the parts I like, and it is full of beau- 

 tiful things. I have bought a small copy and shall 



