September 13 Sunday – In Interlaken, Switzerland Sam wrote to Francis Dalzell Finlay, his longtime friend in Belfast, Ireland.

We leave tomorrow for Berne & later for Geneva. For a day or two. Beyond that the WILL OF GOD has not been signified to his servants. Therefore we must wait for a sign for we are personally conducted. All the family are with me.

Sam revealed his plans were to “wander” and spend the winter in Berlin, “for musical & other tutors” for the girls. He forecasted they would go back home in “two or three years hence by way of England.” Sam gave his Berlin address as Mendellsohn, Bankers [MTP].