Monday Dec. 6[1937]

My darling sweetheart;

Two wonderful letters came from you this morning--Your Thursday one and Friday from Syracuse. I had forgotten about your going there. I'm glad that you gave such a good lecture. You are a dear boy, and I love you.

I'm glad you found errors in Neurath's work. It will teach him to ask in that condescending way whether you understand German! I thought he expected to remain at Cornell.

Your Thursday letter is sweet but you are unhappy. I hate to have you miserable. I'll return with you in January if I can possibly arrange things. The children won't like it I'm afraid and I rather hate to broach the subject to Lola although I think she would be willing. She is very eager to care for the baby. I'll look for more help right away. I thought I'd save that much since I wouldn't be going out much anyway.

Perhaps we should send Linus away for the interim. I don't know where though

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Today Margaret Stock came and we made fruit cake. 20 pounds--She was over-joyed to think what a surprise she would have for Chester.

The bride and groom come in this evening. Charles is awfully happy. I gave them three jars of jam and coat hangers and offered to be of any assistance. They didn't use the sleeping bag--too cold.

Buchman telephoned--he says he knew I'd go back with you and that they all have a personal interest in this affair and are willing to sacrifice having me here for you!!! He is a mutt! But rather good for me just now.

Oh my sweet I do love you. You know that I want to be with you. In your letters from Berkeley in 1931 you are always suggesting that we never leave each other and always stick together! But you always forget.

I love you. I'll come and meet you. I haven't driven the car however because I haven't had time to practice. I would better wait for you anyway. I love you. Goodnight sweet love and be happy. Your Ava Helen

Monday, 1 ²⁰

Dearest love:

Only three more nights alone here, and three on the train! I can hardly wait till Thursday night to get started back to my sweet- [new line] heart.

Last night it snowed - starting in the late afternoon - and when I went home at about 2 ³⁰ there was a beautiful heavy blanket of pure white crunchy snow over everything. I think that snow must be as pure as anything on earth, with first its refine- [new line] ment by evaporation into the sky and then its further purification by crystalliza- [new line] tion. I walked home through about 4 inches of snow, and had ½ inch on my chest and shoulders and hat when I reached the house. Today it has snowed some more, and now it has stopped. The sidewalks are shoveled off early in the morning.

Today I rose at 11, bathed, came to Lab and found your letter. I'm glad

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that you have decided to come with me in January. You are probably right in saying that we are in for a long seige (15 years) of taking care of our children.

I worked at odd jobs during the day, patching up the manuscript here and there, and tonight I have finished Chapter VII (half of VI remains now, and about all of VII, IX, X, XI and perhaps XII). I am not working very well now - I've gone stale; I don't believe that I wrote over 15 pages today - perhaps a few more. I need you to play with me and love me and make me happy again. I adore you, my own little darling.

A letter came from Taylor. We are to go to Princeton on Wed. Jan. 12^th , staying till Saturday. That will be fun. Kisty [sic] & Bright are to be there.

Another letter (Friday's) came from you in the afternoon mail. Also

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James wrote to me.

I'm glad that you liked the letter Ovid and I collaborated on.

Don't you got too intimate with that Curtis Crellin! Or with anyone else! You're my girl, and you'd better remember it! I'm sorry the Associates' dinner wasn't more fun for you, and that Millikan and Barrett are looking old. How is Morgan? I saw in the paper [added in]^ N.Y. Times that he was asked by a reported over the phone from New York what he thought of Goldschmidt's statements that genes don't exist and that all he said was "I am familiar with Dr Goldschmidt's ideas."

You are a bad girl to say that you had an interesting but curious experience and [inserted in] ^then not tell me about it.

I don't supposed that you will answer this letter. Will you be glad to

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have your Paddy with you again? You surely have crept into Paddy's heart and expanded until now you fill his whole life. I adore you, little love.

Your own

Linus