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dainty and pretty. Jean has just
come in and brought these packages
for thee which I have addressed according
to his directions. I am glad M.
Dawson is in N.Y. and I hope thee
will see her often, she is such a lonly
girl, and when she gets way out in
Chicago she will seem farther away
than when we were in Paris and
she in Phila. I saw some of Nan
Berts work in "To Have & To Hold" - the
book was illustrated by Pyle's class, &
every bit of work in it seemed to me
a weak imitation of his. Nan Bert's
was particularly so to my thinking.
Remember me to Mr. Crank. Please
don't worry about me - I share every
moment of my sleeping and waking
life with thee: but I miss thy presence
more than I can say, and have the sense
of facing life together though we are
doing that always. Love
Margaret

Norwood
July 7th, 1900

My darling -
I am not blue or dishearted,
and if my letters seem so it must
be just a little of the daily and
hourly heartache of our separation
which crept in in spite of me. I
can't be happy under the present
conditions of our life, but I am
grateful and thankful for the
shelter of the dear old home which
takes so much care and anxiety from
thee, and I try to show my gratitude
by wearing a pleasant face which is not
always easy when ones best loved
is so far away. I am not surprised
that thee is not coming - for I too should
feel that I must do all I could to
get things started before leaving N.Y.
After all it is only by doing right
that you can find true happiness,
and I should not have the same respect
for thee if I felt that thee yielded to
our longings and put plain duty aside