January 13 Friday – At the Hotel Krantz in Vienna, Austria, Sam wrote to Eva Nansen; Livy added a note to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Sam thanked her for the photographs and sentiments and was sorry he and the family were out when the Nansen’s messenger delivered them. Livy added a paragraph to Dr. Nansen:

“Since Mr Clemens wrote his card to Mrs Nansen we have heard through the papers of the death of her mother. Will you kindly extend to her our sincere sympathy. When one loses ones parents I think one of the hideous sensations is the feeling that one is no longer a child to any one” [MTP].

Mrs. Hiester Bucher (Vara Kalbach Bucher)’s diary (published by her great-grandaughter, Mary Christmas) recorded a near meeting with Twain and his attendance at a social gathering: “In the evening we attended the ‘at home’ given by Mrs. Sweet (New York), Miss Bailie and Miss Parr. It was a bright, pleasant affair. We came too late to see Mark Twain” [55]. Note: Miss Virginia Bailie’s “aforementioned acquaintance” with Mark Twain is given as the reason for his attendance. Miss Bailie ran the Bailie’s Home for English Governesses “to train Austrian girls in the English language and English and American customs, etc., so they could take jobs as nannies in Great Britain, the Unites States, and Canada” [26n42].