Letters to an American familyWith an introdby Lucy WBaxter and original drawings by Thackeray . s sobs) from black John. Wehave an Ebony femme de chambre here; whenI came from Baltimore just now I found her inthe following costume and attitude standing forher picture to Mr. Crowe. [See page 35.*] Shemakes the beds with that pipe in her mouf andleaves it about in the rooms. Would nt she havebeen a nice ladys-maid for your mother and MissBally Saxter? But even if Miss Lucy had not had her fall,I daresay there would have been no party. Hereis a great snow-storm falling, though yesterdaywas as bla
Letters to an American familyWith an introdby Lucy WBaxter and original drawings by Thackeray . s sobs) from black John. Wehave an Ebony femme de chambre here; whenI came from Baltimore just now I found her inthe following costume and attitude standing forher picture to Mr. Crowe. [See page 35.*] Shemakes the beds with that pipe in her mouf andleaves it about in the rooms. Would nt she havebeen a nice ladys-maid for your mother and MissBally Saxter? But even if Miss Lucy had not had her fall,I daresay there would have been no party. Hereis a great snow-storm falling, though yesterdaywas as bland and bright as May (English May,I mean) and how could we have lionized Balti-more, and gone to Mount Vernon, and taken[34] TO AN AMERICAN FAMILY our diversion in the snow? There would havebeen nothing for it but to stay in this little closetof a room, where there is scarce room for 6 peo- jiuruUii UrW ttiuj U*Mi flu, \uutf (4fc>un«jQ (ui Jffi»)jtotu (r£uiJ^u*. W* Luy &K%b<nu\ ]f**Mu Ac UuuJIru $U: wki XCu, \kK uitflT t£d [»•£* u* tui,«j^ WW <Uut *Aui» I^aU^ fkafa, ?. L^b^ FACSIMILE OF A PART OF THACKERAY S LETTER FROMWASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 19, 1853 pie, and where it is not near so comfortable asthe brown house. Dear old b. h., shall I see itagain soon ? I shall not go farther than Charleston,and Savannah probably, and then I hope I shall [35^ THACKERAYS LETTERSget another look at you all again before I com-mence farther wanderings—O, stop! I did nttell you why I was going to write you—well, Iwent on Thursday to dine with Governor andMrs. Fish, a dinner in honor of me—and beforeI went I arrayed myself in a certain white gar-ment of which the collar-button-holes had beenaltered, and I thought of the kind, friendly littlehand that had done that deed forme; and whenthe Fisheses told me how they lived in the Sec-ond Avenue (I had forgotten all about em)—their house and the house opposite came backto my mind, and I liked them 50 times better forliving near
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