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:~ · DearAnn1e and Borls: We have had 'jliwo i'lne letters f'rom Boris during . 

· ,the summer and autumn, and we have been very, VERY remiss ln not hav-: · ·.: .. ,.·. !ng replied. If I had wrl tten each time I thought of you, you would .. '.:have been .showered with letters and sick of me, no doubt. Now I am not· ~;·,~~'.·even ,sure where to address you but I shall te lephone Bo before addre s- ··/~ing the envelope. ·· · · · ·. · · · 

'.i i~h_:'l~e plain truth· is tba t we have been thoroughly displaced since August, .. :.:::'_.and· are stlll now settled back into the house and in order sufficiently·,:.' ---

··".;::/to :rind· th1ngs--such as your le_tters,for ·e:Kample. ·To tell the m1sfort- -~!_: ~~ 

·'-·~ [une a.s quick:ly as possible: On the last week in August, our living-room . . ·;ceiling fell(we were bolllh in the room,:I leaped out of the way, and Bill · J-',was saved by the- wings of the chair he was al tting in). There has been 

;·,, so much heavy-truck traff le on this streee dur1ng the past two years ::_.·.-~doo to the freeway and highway construction south of .us, and this 1e a.·· 

··hollow atreet--tha ie, there ar·e about 18 inches of pavement on top :_ - .. ·' of ·a' street-w:tde tunnel. 40 feet deep. You can 1mag1ne the vibration .... caused thereby, and the consequent cracks in walls and cellnga. On .,. ·· ···;"examination by proper experts it was found that lt was only a matter ··. - · .. ,. ' of time--days? weeks?-- until ceilings on ·ot.her floors would go like:--·. . 

·,.:·'wise. Everyone of the contractors who came to see, refused to touch·.'"~-;;. --- :··the job unless we were evacuated and they 'could.do the whole house.~::.~·; .. ··:.·That meant movin3 out w1ht ever)iy single thing down to the last .sheet : .. · :.· of paper. Lu.cille and I statred packing up. · After three weeks of work~,. jjjjji~ 

.~:'QI am sure no ditch· digger worked harder) we were ready for the movers.:·; " 

"···We ourselves went to the nearby CORONET Hotel, into a. 2-room··furnished 

:: . . apartment, from whence I could come to the house 1 to 3 times a day.,and . ·. ·oversee· the job--for in a house more than 100 yea.r1s old, unexpected·'.: · ·<'.problems always· arise. Finally it was finished,- and the house is prac-

'.,.:tically a complete interior reconstruction, ce111ngs)walls, fl9ore ~re­

:·~ finished.. We came . back +nto 1 t exactly 3 weeks·: ago yesterda.y .• ;. :~Lucile • . . • t • -~ ..... •.'! ~, ~ _';;; l'•.' . 
l.f '' \ •, ' ,: • , , : ; ' ' ,• I ,,;;·,{ !!!:. ,~;_- ·_·,~~· - . · · ~·"" ID: A2263305 · · A . ......._ : ., . ..1.sx,1~ I.JU 1::1.1. uJ.'lu~ .J."' l.ICl.J\. 0 Ju<:> I.I ...I.'-'"'""' Uv .... ..,___ ... ~~··---0~.'0.£ o~ v -··-··u- • . ·place,. and I am still lon~ ·t-1ay f'rmmbein3 f'inishea. Bill, bless his • 

::'-·heart; works away every day at trying t.o get some or~erout of chaos in· _ :·;.:·the library, and gets awfully discouraged too. Ile can not do anything , -

.:.·even shaving and getting d?ressed, wlthout getting an attack of tacby-.:'·:. - !: card1a( breathlessness} and he must si tdown o.r lle down and take the · .· · • 

°;·pills for relief.MX He cannot stthop or lift, of course, and he constant-

·;_:-ly berates himself because he cannot help more. But I am cross and - .:~;out of sorts also beca~ tb-1s has kept us from going away from this cl1- ii 

::'mate,· befocethe winter started.· Which red!nds me--I recall .1n- your last ·. - ··>letter you s_tated that you were ser<l!ously considerine; coming to the u.s. • 

·:: in February. Surely you will not

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e;hdweb . · · do have nasty winters here--no ·co ry sunny ays ke w tzer an , ut ·· - wet, slippery," penetr~ tlng and cloudy and w1ndy--nevertpeless we do hope_ : - ·you will stay with us •. We have· the two rooms and bath ob third floor ··· = 

(elevator carr1efl! you up ONE flight). And if you go to West Coast first ":. • .. : and tJ;ien come ~?-ck· to y1ashington, we still urge. ~ou to stay. \tr1_th us.· ~,.,;'-:.Jt~: ii ;• ··~, .. _. 

.•·.1t is a shame you mis.sea our wonderful·autumn--1t was exceptionai1y'1ong';: . ....a 

: beautiful, and _:mild. It was· the only thing _that consoled me for having~.· ;.;: _ .' had to,{etay ·1n ·washington durlng this house ·mess .• , Autumn 1.s really' th~'--~--, 11111111 

:. BEST of all the seasons in Washington. · · · · · · " ·' . · ·· '·) _ i:: Bill, poor darling is still: struggling with depression. Ee has had so.·,\~·.· • . many phye1ca.l ailments this past year--two severe attacks of coronoary_.. . . _- insufflc1encg, operation for skin carcinoma, intestinal disorder,·_ im- · · :-.-:~; ;;;;;;;: 

.· pa.1rment of the clrculation--for ,~cmths it .seemed we went n.<?.wre,re .. ~~cept< - <-· to doctors and labora torles. ·. · · · .. ;. ~· .. ,~~. ~' .,._ :·~ • ;;· - ~ l ••• • ••• < .... ,,. ,... • ~ staid · .,. .. ... · .- --

.'We. hope you have both s:titi: well, and that trip 1s forthcoming and.: that • 

'l· we· shall see you before too lone;. Do have a nice· Holiday Season,_ ~;, • 

'<wherrever you are.· And much love from both, of us ,to both .of ~you,. .. ' Affectionately,. ·· · ··. •'·'- ·· ,,, '<. '> · .\,. ~: ..• :::~ · :;'.~-' · iii 

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