

1 January 1874 • London, England

UCCL 01025) (MS: CU-MARK To Olivia L. Clemens1 January 1874 • London, England

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slc/mt farmington avenue, hartford.

Livy darling, what an access of love, a bit of separation brings! I have such a longing for you, these days; & the lesson it teaches, is, separate yourselves every now & then. When I have been away from you 2 days, I am wild to see you. So I mean to go away every now & then, just to renew that fee‸ling‸ el——but never more than 48 hours. As long as we live I hope it will never be more than 48 hours that will intervene between our seeing each other. I[t] [seem◇s ] that it will be a whole age before I see you again.1

Saml.

11.30 AM. [Horseguards ] just passing—tremendous procession of them.

But dearie I only took the pen to tell you the address of Mrs. Brooks’ friends—it has just occurred to me this moment, & if I vei nture to sit down to breakfast before writing it, I shall surely forget it. It is Wm Jacox, Venetia Cottage, Streatham. Now you can write them if you want to.2

I love you, honey

Samℓ.