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But he was also fond of quieter society. s, where only two or three were invited, usually Aldrich,Howells, and Clemens, and the talk continued through the af ed to leave the discipline to their wives, and, of course, the children, whom Emerson stuffed with cakes and biscuits. Theyvisited back and forth, especially around the new house, where there werenice pieces of boards and bricks for play-houses.

I will ask Ramses and Nefret to join us. He hada neglected, lonely look, and he loved to gather with them at theirfireside. You have done enough, I said affectionately. I would always prefer to have the privilege of printing a serious and sensible remark, in case one occurred to me, without the reader's feeling obliged to consider himself outraged.