May 4 Thursday – Isabel Lyon’s journal:

This morning (May 4) I went into Mr. Clemens room and almost the first thing he said to me was “Have we ever received that McClure book?” Then in a burst of delight I told him the little story of last night and he liked it all too. Perfect man that he is. Oh, the misery of not seeing in print now the beautiful things that will be said of him when he’s dead. Mr. Binney [sic Bynner] and Mr. Faulkner bowed their heads in sweet reverence when I told them who I was—after protesting that I was not professional. Oh, there is so much to say—so much to breathe, that wonderful man, so magnetic, so wonderful.

Teresa and I are on the train nearing Hartford—on our way up to Dublin [MTP: TS 55-56]. Note: it seems that the ladies spent the night in Hartford, then continued on May 5 to Dublin. “That McClure book” was Willa Cather’s The Troll Garden (1905) , as found in John S. Phillips’ Apr. 14 and 19.

Isabel Lyon’s journal # 2: “Treatment. Paid / … Mr. Clemens went up to see Dr. Quintard who is too ill to come see Mr. Clemens [MTP TS 17-18].