June 27 Sunday — In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to William R. Coe.
Dear Mr. Coe: / Well then, good-bye & a pleasant trip! Perhaps you will run across those fine hyphenated Lyon-Ashcrofts in the court circles of England. They took to the water when the investigation began to get pretty warm. They had said they were not afraid, & had promised my lawyer to stay here till it was finished. It was finished yesterday. The result proves that Miss Lyon did well & wisely to travel for her health.
As per the doctor’s orders, I must not go out of sight of this house the whole summer; nor walk more than half a mile on a stretch; nor run up stairs; nor do any other customary or agreeable thing; & moreover, I must cut my smoking away down! (It isn’t going to happen. I shan’t diminish it by a single puff.)
This is my second attack. It comes of the fatigue of the Baltimore trip, June 9, The first one was last August—a trip to New York on the blistering 4th.
And so you are sailing day after tomorrow. Fair weather for yous! And come up & see me when you get back. / Sincerely Yours /... [MTP].