him, which we did, and no nonsense about it. Grace and Bond’s new wife — who resembles Edith in the most startling way! — came to meet us, and they and Bond lunched with us at the Greek restaurant just by the “depot”. We had Oyster Cocktail and soft-shell crabs. Coming up to New York it was beautiful — at a distance — that remarkable pile of huge buildings, the sides of those great towers catching the morning sunshine. But later the effect was confused and unfinished and slip-shod and rather sordid. Coming up, the foliage was beautiful, and we were struck with the garden-less, fence-less houses, all of wood, but painted in