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RIDDLE, GEORGE OCT 25, 1900
25 October, 1900.
My dear Mrs. Sewall: I intended to give myself the pleasure of call on you before your very kind note arrived.
I was very very sorry to hear of our clan secretary of Mr. Sewall's death. It happened at a time when I was in deep greif myself over my dear elder sister's death, and I was too selfish to think of anything else.
I am suffering with a heavy cold contracted that week driving throught the woods in an open carriage after reading in Lincoln, Mass. As I am reading my limited 4 times a week I must give [myself?] as all the plays are 'heavy' works, and Anthony's speech is most taxing. I