Vassar College. April 18,/69.
My dear Brother,
Your kind letter of April 12th came duly, and was
most heartily welcome. I have been waiting anxiously to hear from yourself and Carlos, about my coming back. The considerations which you brought to bear on the subject are much the same as those that had influenced me, and I think I was coming to the same conclusion that you did. I shall wait, however, to hear from Carlos before I finally decide. I know I have spent a considerable part of my life in this kind of living and do not think a much longer part thus spent would be best for me. I too have had visions such as you speak of, of such a home as you describe. The thought of spending another year so far away from you and George Is not easy to bear. But If I do not come back here, I hardly know what I should do with myself. Although I should enjoy visiting &c, in the summer, I doubt not