28 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
Boston [1843] 
I supross, 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 nave 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 itis full of beau- 
tiful things. I have bought a small copy and shall 
