[on dark cream stationary]

Saturday 9.30 P.M

Nov. 13 '37 [LP's handwriting]

Dearest Paddy;

I am very concerned about your wrist. I wish I'd stayed with you. Did you go to Schenctady [?] yesterday?

Dr. Buchman called this evening and brought a copy of Fortune with pictures of his sister's house at Mt. Kisco. You remember we've seen it before. In "Fortune" I mean.

Peter went to Martha's today. Linda and I had an awfully good time together. Linus has been good, too. The little Crellie is certainly a love. Lola is crazy about the baby. She just worships him. He is adorable.

The sweet Paddy said in today's letter (written Wednesday) that I was four hours behind but I'm really only three. It is six o'clock at Ithaca. At Chicago I change to seven o'clock - at North Platte eight o'clock and at Caliente nine o'clock. Little Peter can always tell me what time it is there with you by when I say the time here. He is a very, very smart little boy. I think he is our genius all right.

Oh, that was fine that Papish asked you to return. Of course we can stay a whole year, but perhaps we wouldn't want to stay there that long.

Buchman said every thing was getting along fine at the laboratory. He talked a little about Hagensmit and I tried to get news from him about [arrow pointing towards Hagensmit] but without great success.

I see in the old Star-news that Wm B. Munro Jr. is on the reportorial staff of the S.N.; that Mrs. Koepfli is a provisional Junior Leaguer, that the E.T. Bells entertained the Alduus Huxley's at the Athenaeum inviting the Hubble's, Tolmans, etc. that's all they invited I guess.

I do hope your arm is well. I wish you wouldn't work so hard. Tell Papish that if he'll let you come home on the 9^th of Dec., you'll come back for a full year.

Good night sweetest of loves in all the world.

Ava Helen

Saturday, 4 ⁵⁵ PM.

Dearest Ava Helen: I was happy to receive two letters from you, one from Ogden and one from home. I wish that you were still here with me, but I am glad to know that our sweet little children have their darling mother with them.

Did you see that Davisson (as well as GP Thompson) received the Nobel Prize? I am gald that he did.

This morning I got up at 830, had breakfast with the two Oxfordians at 9, started on at 10, reached here at 2 ¹⁵ , read your letters awaiting me at the Lab, and then lunched on a can of our sardines, some crackers, and the little loaf of marzipan. Then I worked a little on Chap. II, until now. I am waiting for Jack to make some calculations for me, and writing to you in the meantime.

The Telluride boys seem to like having me with them, but they haven't really seen much of me, since I've been working steadily and away part of the time.

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After dinner tonight I talked with Pace about where he will go to study. Then I came to the Lab and worked very effectively until now, writing 30 pages since eight o'clock (it is of course rather late by this time). Hoard came up at 12; he has been taking x-ray pictures and has now gone home. No one else has been here -Jack didn't return after dinner. I am on page 101 of Chapter II, and shall soon be through the chapter - by tomorrow I'm sure. I'm not very sleepy but I shall go home to bed mow. I love my sweet little girl, the darlingest little wife in the world. Uzzes and loves to you, Paddy's sweetheart.

Your own

Linus