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Not much to be hoped for from me, I’m afraid! I have been in bed with Influenza for
two weeks, and it has ended in a stubborn bronchitis which refuses to quit me and
keeps hovering on the edge of pneumonia. I think that possibility is well over now,
but enough to of my normal breathing machinery is
shut off to keep me very weak, and I have to be very careful. I have friends here,
am comfortable and well taken care off, but I shall not be able to leave
STEAM HEAT
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
GARAGE
LIVERY
ELEVATION 1200 FEET
PRIVATE BATHS
OPEN
FIRES
The Shattuck Inn
AT THE FOOT OF MONADNOCK
MOUNTAIN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
JAFFREY, N.H. the hotel for several
weeks, and I fear I shall not be able to undertake such a serious piece of work as
Mr. McClure4
proposes for some time to come.
If anything would pull me up, it would be the prospect of helping him in so interesting and important a task5, but I
am simply unable to make any plans at present—I’ve had to call off ever so many
engagements on account of this stupid illness. Please explain to Mr. McClure when you write him, as I am not equal to writing
letters just now. I have been planning to go to England6 this winter. If I when
STEAM HEAT
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
GARAGE
LIVERY
ELEVATION 1200 FEET
PRIVATE BATHS
OPEN
FIRES
The Shattuck Inn
AT THE FOOT OF MONADNOCK
MOUNTAIN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
JAFFREY, N.H.you write you might ask
him whether I could be of any help to him if I went over in January or February.
I am glad to have word of Mr. McClure and yourself, and
am pleased that he thought of me in this connection. If I have good luck I shall may leave here by October 10th. After that my
address will be 5 Bank Street7,
New York8—even if I am not there letters
will be forwarded.