Thursday, 9 ¹⁵ .

Dearest sweet Ava Helen:

I'm happy to be on my way home to you. I love you, sweetheart. I think the Telluride boys want you in the house - several of them spoke to me today about it. Kleps, the president, also came in to ask my advice about getting married & moving out of the house next year - I had been talking about the importance of concentrating on work as a graduate student.

Three letters came from you today, including your last special one. I liked them.

I gave a good lecture on the three-electron bond & then said "The next lecture will be Jan. 4 ^th " and burst into a smile that apparently was beatific, since the whole crowd burst out laughing.

The boys had a special tea, with

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port & sherry & cake from the German bake shop. Lauby came, & Hoard & Papish & Pace. Pace took me to the train (station rather - he went back then for dinner). & Jack came, having walked, & then Lynn & Florence, & the three said goodby. Everyone has heard that you may come back & hopes that you do.

I'll have breakfast with Phoebe & Thorfin in the morning.

Schomaker is despondent again. I'll see if I can straighten him out. I wrote another letter to him.

We are approaching Buffalo. I love you, my girl.

Your own

Linus