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“The days when we went gipsying
A long time ago.”
Death is so kind, so benignant, to whom he loves; but he goes by us others & will not look our way
[MTHL 2: 674-8]. Note: the lines are from Edwin Ransford’s 1863? song
December 31 Saturday
SLC used mourning border for most letters from Susy’s death on, then from Livy’s death on.
