Stowe notes, letters and verses . till weigh heavily upon my conscience. I have time and time again sat down with my pen inmy hand on purpose to write you all about Robert, but Ifind I have nothing to say on the subject. I was too ex-cited on the Claudio night to take away a very clear im-pression of him, but I know that it was more than speech about death, as he says it, is, according toMadame Modjeska, pathetic. I think it was more thanpathetic—it seemed to bring the idea terribly near; Imsure most people in the theatre were strangely touched. TO JOE EVANS New York, January 22, 1889
Stowe notes, letters and verses . till weigh heavily upon my conscience. I have time and time again sat down with my pen inmy hand on purpose to write you all about Robert, but Ifind I have nothing to say on the subject. I was too ex-cited on the Claudio night to take away a very clear im-pression of him, but I know that it was more than speech about death, as he says it, is, according toMadame Modjeska, pathetic. I think it was more thanpathetic—it seemed to bring the idea terribly near; Imsure most people in the theatre were strangely touched. TO JOE EVANS New York, January 22, Orlando was beautiful in parts. In the peni-tential speech, Tf ever you have sat at good mens ever, etc., he touched the deepest note of feeling thatwas sounded that night. I never heard the lines so wellspoken; I wondered if there were not something deeperand more serious in them than in any others that occur inthe play. Madames remark on his Claudio I thoughtapplied well to him as he said those lines. J V r. LETTERS 221 TO HIS SISTER Camden, S. C, April ii, 1889. To-day, although there is a pleasant breeze, it is hotin the sun, and looking south, as we do from this piazza,comparatively near objects are indistinct in a hot whitehaze. The most delightful and wonderful music ofmockingbirds is continually ringing in our ears; theynever seem to cease singing from sunrise to sunset, evenwhen flying. They are noisy in this garden, of whichthe comparatively unkept condition seems to offer thempeculiar advantages. There is an alley of holly andmock-oranges, very dense, at the foot of the garden,leading a distance of about a hundred yards to the road,and here they throng, singing, fluttering, and alightingamong the leaves, with their white-tipped wings and tailoutspread fan-like, in exactly the attitude of Mr. Audu-bons beautiful drawing. The country is now in a charming state, the lightspring greens filling out with solid forms, and contrast-ing with the dark pine
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