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My dear Miss Talbot
I am sorry that
you should have so much trouble.
It is a new idea to me that
Mr. Paine
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the
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the
next time; I thought he was
to have us the time following:
i.e. the annual meeting, & Mrs. Gordwin the next time But
if no, you must arrange with
Mr. Hale — if you can; but
it is like arranging with a
Comet.
If he will accept
the 17th (not 18th as you
write) that seems the
best way out of it: but
you must
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with him
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& Mr. Paine that that will be the
evening of the Thursday Club to
which both be may belong &
Mr. Hale certainly does, So do I,
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I
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nothing for it. If that
is a serious objeciton w either,
it may be necessary to postpone
a fortnight — which sould be
a great pity.
it would be better
to see Mr. Hale if possible, but
I do not know if he has any
office
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at his church
— your mother thinks he has.
I hv. always in my secret
soul expected that he would
fail us altogether — in
which case one might fall
back on Col. C. D. Wright.
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Make any arrangement you think best &
I'll stand by you & mention that it was the
"
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,
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,
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,
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". Or if you
wish to telegraph me, I shall be at home.
If the date is changed from the
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evening it will be well to call attention to the
fact in some way on the card. Else people
will not be there.
Ever cordially
T. W. Higginson
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What confirms my impression, that your mother spoke of Mrs.
Goodwin as having it next time (April 10) it the last that Mrs.
L.C. Moulton said to me at Mrs. Watson's"I shall be there next
time for it is to
be at Mrs. Gorsman's"
& she has invited
me. Would it not
be will for you to
see her?
I know of no other member, save Mr.
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who belongs to the Thursday Club.
