June 21 Tuesday – Sam was en route to New York City on the Havel. Meanwhile, back in Bad Nauheim, at the Villa August Victoria, Livy wrote to Daniel Willard Fiske, thanking him that “the matter is entirely settled and that we are really to be residents of Florence.”

I suppose Mr. Clemens will reach America by tomorrow. I hope to hear by that time of his safe arrival.

How strange it seems that we have really taken a Villa in Florence and we are all so glad.

I hope you will return soon after the 1st of Sept. / Believe me gratefully yours / Olivia L. Clemens [MTP]. Note: Fiske would also be living in Florence, close enough for “just a pleasant walk for Mr. Clemens,” she wrote. Fiske had offered the services of his secretary, William Sordi, as a translator.