September 11 Sunday – Livy wrote to Susan L. Crane:

Of course all Austria is in grief over the terrible news of the assassination of he Empress. What a hideous thing it is!

Yesterday afternoon the Countess Wydenbruck took tea with us at the Water Cure, then came up here & we all sat about a table in the yard, crocheting: a little after seven she went away to get her supper, the children were to join here at eight…She was not gone more than 15 minutes when she came running back, saying “oh such terrible, terrible news, our Empress is murdered.” She looked so white & was so breathless that I thought she would faint. I gave her some brandy to steady her a little… [MTP; Paine TS, &’s restored]. Note: Livy told of portraits and photos done of Clara and Jean, including a photo by Ignace Spiridon , and enclosed a little one of Jean, who she wrote “on Friday last…had a very bad day.” She insisted Sue charge her for all work done on Susy’s grave.