Greeting & welcome! Well, these are the circumstances: the new baby is 3 weeks old, & neither she nor her mother is able to sit up yet; nevertheless, both are doing hopefully. Mrs. Clemens has now yielded, at last, to the pressure brought to bear by friends & doctors, & has surrender ceased from nursing the child—so we expect her to begin to mend & strengthen up very soon. Our return to Hartford is indefinite, as to day or week; still we shall at least be there several weeks before you sail; so Mrs. Clemens desires her kindest regards to you Mrs. Conway, & begs that she will come, & you & Eustace with her, & give us a visit there——all of which I echo heartily. We can arrange dates that will suit your circumstances & ours before long, no doubt.

Well, well, well—we must have a talk about that astonishing Chatto-Comedy of Errors!