p.

Hawthorne praised her "Morgesons"
29th Oct 1889
Dear Mr Bowen
Thanks for your word.
I will try to have my sketch
ready for you - the time of it is
about 1835 - place Mass.
I mean it to be faithful to
the habits of the county people
of that time, and if possible
to get the atmosphere of all
that is local - but as you
know I am no tale bearer,
as stories, my work amounts
to little. I lack invention -
and my readers must

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while they last
that they must have their course -
and die by their own laws.