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weather. 



Sharp: She was telling me about that this morning. I guess it was 

 too hot and very muggy in the summertime . 



Revelle: She didn't mind the winter. I didn't like the winter. I 

 was always afraid of falling down on those icy sidewalks. 



Sharp: Well, she complained that you didn't dress correctly in the 

 winter and that she did better in the winter because she did 

 a better job of dressing for it. 



Revelle: That's possible, but it didn't affect my feet. That was my 

 real problem. Oh, I get cold too, I guess. I think what 

 she wanted me to do was wear more long underwear! 



We had a nice house just off Brattle Street, on Larch 

 Road, right across the street from Endicott Peabody, "Chub" 

 Peabody, the former governor. Right next to us on the south 

 side was a house built about 1750, something like 

 that. It had belonged to the same family for a long time. 

 Next to them was Randall Thompson, the composer, and his 

 wife. 



Sharp: That was quite an interesting and illustrious neighborhood 

 that you moved into. 



Revelle: Yes. 



Sharp: Did you get much time to associate with these people or were 

 you very much confined in your work? 



Revelle: We did quite a bit of entertaining. But I thought that was 

 part of the job. So did Ellen. 



This house that we were in was an Italianate house 

 built by an Italian portrait painter, married to a woman 

 musician. I was kind of reluctant to buy it because I was 

 afraid people would say, "Those damn Calif ornians don't like 

 our New England architecture. They stick to their 

 California architecture." 



Sharp: It looked quite different than the houses surrounding? 



Revelle: Yes that's right. But Ginty Snyder, Jack Snyder's wife, 

 said, "If you don't buy it, we will . " [laughing] 



Sharp: So the race was on? 



Revelle: So that made it kosher. It was a nice house. 



Sharp: When you've moved like that, do you participate much in the 

 setting up of it yourself, or is that left primarily to 

 Ellen? 



Revelle: Whenever we have moved I've always managed to be away 



somehow! She gets it done. This is not deliberate, but I'm 

 away a lot and it just happens that way. 



Sharp: 



When you were talking about your arrangements for 9 Bow 



