March 11 Monday – At H.H. Rogers’ home, 26 E. 57th in New York, Sam wrote to Livy:

Livy darling, I have been here 9 days [arrived Mar. 2], & have received but one letter from you. It came with the address corrected at the Postoffice, & so I gave myself no further uneasiness; but I must make some inquiries, for two letters are due from other folk beside those which you have doubtless written.

…Oh, I hate business — & so these days do drag along most wearily. I miss you; & I often wish we lived out of the world where one might never more hear of business or worry about money. The time does not drag at the [Rogers] house. There it is always cheerful & cordial — but it’s the day, the day — the business-day that frets me.

And it’s the waiting. I am waiting for Bliss to make up his mind & report; & I am waiting for the Century people to cipher out an offer & make it.

Sam was on his way to see the Century people [MTP].