June 19 Tuesday – In Paris, Sam wrote “only a line to say howdy” to Eleanor V. Hutton (Mrs. Laurence Hutton). Sam hoped they wouldn’t have left for Onteora, N.Y. before he arrived in New York July 6th. He told of the family’s plans; they were to leave day after tomorrow (June 21) for La Bourboule, where Sam would spend a week with them. Sam would then leave for N.Y. and the rest of the family would stay through July, then go to Etretat on the coast near Havre, where they’d rented a cottage, complete with furniture and servants “for a lump sum.” Livy and Susy were improving in health, and he’d been to a ball until 2:30 a.m. the night before with Susy and Clara. He didn’t like balls, but they did [MTP].