• Transcribe
  • Translate

Conger Reynolds correspondence, December 1918

1918-12-05 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 2

More information
  • digital collection
  • archival collection guide
  • transcription tips
 
Saving...
quietly and they'll all giggle and then slide on to the middle of their spines for a brief study period. From that time on, it is my pleasant task to yank them, silently, one by one, upon the portion of their bodies nature intended them use for a seat. At alternate periods of the afternoon I'll open and close windows, freezing and roasting them by turn, in a wild effort to establish a temperature of about seventy degrees. The thermometer is a thing enchanted. I can't keep up with it. You needn't tell me it doesn't lead a charmed life because I know better; and I have the feeling that the minute I turn my back, the mercury begins chasing up and down at a terrific
 
World War I Diaries and Letters