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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April-December 1919

1919-06-30 Daphne Reynolds to Mary Goodenough Page 8

up to every emotion.  Then you will have a faint idea of what we were in for up stairs. They are on the top floor, and we could hear it outside.  Finally we took a long breath and went up.  In the door were Almer and Mrs. Sanborn waiting for us.  Of course he has lived here long enough that he is rather French, so he did the right thing.  His chubby face was drawn into the most sorrowful expression, and as he grasped my hand he gasped, "Hooray for the glorious fourth." Don't get the idea that I am making light of the sorrow of the Coulons I am not.  But even the French people make fun of the kind of funerals they have - and go right on having them  After we had gone the length of the receiving line and met even the most remote "in-law" relations (who were simply swathed in crépe) we went down stairs and helped form the two lines that the mourners must pass thru.  As they came down, every one had to sigh deeply, or moan, and then form in line back of the hearse and  walk to the

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up to every emotion. Then you will have a faint idea of what we were in for up stairs. They are on the top floor, and we could hear it outside. Finally we took a long breath and went up. In the door were Almer and Mrs. Sanborn waiting for us. Of course he has lived here long enough that he is rather French, so he did the right thing. His chubby face was drawn into the most sorrowful expression, and as he grasped my hand he gasped, "Hooray for the glorious fourth." Don't get the idea that I am making light of the sorrow of the Coulons I am not. But even the French people make fun of the kind of funerals they have - and go right on having them After we had gone the length of the receiving line and met even the most remote "in-law" relations (who were simply swathed in crépe) we went down stairs and helped form the two lines that the mourners must pass thru. As they came down, every one had to sigh deeply, or moan, and then form in line back of the hearse and walk to the