May 5 Tuesday – In Riverdale, N.Y. Sam wrote to Susan Crane.
God is very good to us, when He can’t think up anything fresh. Jean is so much better this morning that Katy calls her almost well; I am so much better that I have suspended the tiresome poultices till afternoon; Livy is so much better that she bombards me right along with urgent notes about business; Clara is so much better that there is nothing the matter with her, & hasn’t been. For these mercies, &c., &c., &c.
“After the 12th will be all right—better than after the 6th.”
That is from a note just received from Livy’s room, with instructions to me to write you at once & say how glad we all are that you are coming, & with what loving heartiness we shall welcome you.
Sue, by the 12th this place will look like a Paradise—but you remember how it looked that time. We’ll go & contemplate that tree again [MTP].