February 3 Thursday – The newlyweds left in a private railroad car for their new home in Buffalo. On the train Sam entertained by singing an old British folk ballad that his niece Annie Moffett did not think proper for the occasion. The song would appear in different versions in HF and P&P.

Upon arrival in Buffalo a great surprise awaited Sam. John Slee was to have selected a boarding house for the newlyweds, yet was in cahoots with Jervis Langdon and Livy. After others, including Pamela Moffett and Annie Moffett, had boarded sleighs, supposedly for a hotel, the last sleigh took Sam and Livy on a long ride, stopping in front of a three-story brick mansion on ritzy Delaware Avenue, number 472. It seemed like a mistake—people in such neighborhoods did not take in boarders. Livy assured Sam it was the right address and they opened the front door, greeted by Livy’s parents and Pamela and Annie. The house was a gift from Olivia’s father, Jervis Langdon. Sam was floored, and speechless, “for a minute” [Sanborn 444-5].