3/24 I have not finished in that matter." "Neither, it would seem, has Mr.John Armitage! But I am quite well satisfied to leave it to you. In a few days we shall know much more than we do now. I should be happier if you were in charge in Vienna. A false step there--ugh! I hesitate to think of the wretched mess there would be." "Trust Winkelried to do his full duty. You must not forget that the acute Stroebel now sleeps the long sleep and that many masses have already been said for the repose of his intrepid soul." "The splendor of our undertaking is enough to draw his ghost from the grave. |