The Five of Hearts

by Patricia O'Toole

  “do the thing.” CK to HA, Oct. 6, 1881.

  Republican Party and … Chester Arthur. Josephson, 95-96.

  “a dull animal.” LHA, II, 445.

  Twain’s next opus. Kaplan, Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, 240-41.

  “before doing so.” Whitelaw Reid to JH, Sept. 25, 1881.

  chestnuts. LMHA, 292-97.

  “raw material.” Ibid., 294.

  “our civilization.” JH, New York Tribune, Dec. 25, 1881.

  “‘big bow-wow style.’” LMHA, 306.

  “deeply interesting.” LHA, II, 448.

  “happy consequences for you.” HJL, II, 361.

  “getting out of it.” LHA, II, 445.

  “‘asked Guiteau to tea.’” LMHA, 307-10.

  “the Cameron Transfer Company.” Tehan, 28; Dictionary of American Biography, II, 435.

  contemporary of Lizzie’s. Tehan, 10, 20, 28-29, 43, 65, 67.

  a fifth of bourbon a day. Ibid., 20, 36, 40-41, 43.

  “fine house.” LMHA, 306, 352.

  “love and respect.” LHA, II, 497.

  home from Europe. Whitelaw Reid to JH, Oct. 13, 1881.

  “four knives in the air.” JH to MHA, Nov. 14, 1881.

  “seem fidgety.” CK to HA, Sept. 17, 1888.

  “For you it has.” CK to JH, Dec. 17, 1881[?].

  “due respect.” JH to MHA, Nov. 5, 1881.

  a book on poker. CK to MHA, Dec. 31, 1881.

  “heavy heart.” JH to MHA, Nov. 28, 1881.

  8 “My Facts Are Facts, Too”

  “pretty little life.” HJL, II, 373.

  “your complicated Kingdom.” Ibid., 366.

  “enormous streets.” Ibid., 367.

  “ancient world.” Ibid., 370.

  “a Valhalla.” The remarks about Washington and the Capitol come from James’s short story “Pandora.” Though made by one of James’s characters, the observations mirror the author’s sentiments.

  “real, live, vulgar” America. LMHA, 320.

  “hung on my lips.” Edel, Henry James, III, 30.

  “desire to please.” HJL, II, 373.

  “tenth-rate cad.” LMHA, 338-39.

  “thieves and noodles.” Ibid., 328.

  “‘Oscar on a wild toot.’” Ibid., 338.

  “impossible to live with?” Ibid., 384.

  “forbid they should!” James, Novels, 1881-1886, 397-98.

  “correspondents’ are not.” LMHA, 301.

  “after you die.” Ibid., 321.

  “the other way.” Ibid., 339-41, 348-49, 351, 368.

  his promise. Ibid., 438.

  delicacy of execution. Ibid., 385.

  give some to Clover. CK to MHA, Dec. 31, 1881.

  a summer sky. LMHA, 430.

  aesthetic experiences. Ibid., 435.

  flowers … in Washington. Ibid., 283.

  dogwood petals. Ibid., 282, 430, 441.

  “Medicus.’” Ibid., 334.

  “legs and arms.” Ibid., 368.

  too strenuous. Ibid., 388.

  “I detest.” Ibid., 404.

  “reform pretenses.” Ibid., 417, 373.

  “spiritual food.” Ibid., 419.

  “new and fresh.” Ibid., 364.

  “shape and cohesion.” LHA, II, 451.

  “my concerns.” Ibid., 448, 454.

  a pudding knife. LMHA, 407.

  “startling degree.” Ibid., 406.

  “hint at it.” Ibid., 424.

  “than they give.” Ibid., 407.

  “jostled you daily.” Ibid., 412.

  “watched others.” Ibid., 415.

  “very good clothes.” Ibid., 448.

  “sounded your heart.” Moers, 54.

  test his affection. MHA to Anne Palmer, April 6, 1883.

  “ideas in order.” MHA to Anne Palmer, April 21, 1883.

  acquaintances. LMHA, 438-41.

  “a big lonely house.” MHA to Anne Palmer, April 21, 1883.

  “Rock Creek.” LMHA, 451.

  only woman present. MHA to RWH, Dec. 31, 1883.

  “take photographs.” LHA, II, 507.

  twenty-five acres. Samuels, Henry Adams, III, 576.

  “hideous but good photo.” MHA’s notebook is part of the Hooper-Adams Papers.

  “in time.” LJH, II, 86-87.

  “Gilder’s prayer.” JH to HA, Jan. 30, 1884.

  “grovelling genius.” LHA, II, 527.

  “ought to be.” MHA to RWH, Nov. II, 1883.

  North American Review.LHA, II, 220. HA’s unsigned review appeared in April 1875.

  found it unreadable. LHA, II, 476.

  “very skillful.” MHA to RWH, Nov. 11, 1883.

  9 Vagrant Hearts

  “Knight of the Grail.” CKM, 204-05.

  “all my money.” JH to HA, May 25, 1882.

  “and the like.” LHA, II, 458.

  of letter writing. Florence Howland to JH, 1882.

  financiers of Paris. Wilkins, 283-84.

  crumbled church walls. CKM, 20-23, 36.

  “more amiable than ever.” JH to HA, Sept. 17, 1882.

  “vagrant Heart.” JH to HA, July 2, 1882.

  Italian daggers. CK to JH, Aug. 24, 1882.

  $30,000 trove. JH to Samuel Mather, Sept. 8, 1882. Mather Papers.

  “abuse me.” HJL, II, 387.

  “fairy-godmother.” HJ to JH, Feb. 5, 1883.

  come tomorrow. CKM, 142-46.

  Hartford, Connecticut. JH to HA, Sept. 17, 1882.

  “active pleasure.” LHA, II, 474.

  “power to do.” CK to JH, Aug. 31 and Sept. 3, 1882.

  about cashmere. Receipt, March 29, 1883.

  “not think about it.” JH to S. Weir Mitchell, June 10, 1883.

  “fear of everything.” Gay, The Bourgeois Experience, Victoria to Freud, II, 344-45.

  capital of capitalism. Whitelaw Reid to JH, Jan. 30, 1883.

  “come here now.” AS to JH, Jan. 30, 1883.

  return to their galleries. JH to HA, Oct. 22, 1882.

  “of nothing else.” JH to HA, Oct. 22, 1882.

  revealed nothing. Edel, Henry James, II, 254-57; Moore, 32.

  “amiable disdain.” JH to HA, Oct. 22, 1882.

  left his side. Details about Waddesdon Manor from Morton, 15960.

  King, Hay, and James. Menu card, Au Lyon D’Or, Nov. 9, 1882, John Hay Collection.

  “life with him.” Smith and Gibson, I, 425.

  “holding me down.” CK to JH, Jan. 26, 1883.

  famous in Paris. CK to JH, March 8, 1883.

  take the other. Anders Zorn to JH, July 19, 1883; Wilkins, 294.

  “whupped for the first time.” CK to JH, March 8, 1883.

  not fully appreciate. JH to HA, Oct. 22, 1882.

  “freely about him.” LHA, II, 488, 493.

  “as an archangel.” Frank H. Mason to JH, Nov. 10, 1883; see also Mason to JH, Sept. 1, 1883.

  Queen Victoria. CKM, 369.

  pure affectation. Lady Charlotte Clark to JH, Feb. 4, 1884.

  “every good thing.” CK to My dear Davis, April 9, 1880, Hague Papers.

  “happier star.” Gay, op. cit., 395.

  (“blackguards is.”) Hudson, 32.

  “nasty.” JH to Samuel Mather, Dec. 3, 1882, Mather Papers.

  “toad-eating gaiety.” JH to Flora Stone Mather, Feb. 4, 1883, Mather Papers.

  “can possibly know.” JH to HA, Feb. 13, 1883.

  “nobody fit for Congress.” JH to HA, Oct. 22, 1882.

  losing their votes. JH to AS, July 24, 25, and 27, and Aug. 17, 1877.

  “loathing her lineage.” JH, The Bread-Winners, 28-29, 32.

  “of sawdust.” Ibid., 102.

  “influencin’ the press.” Ibid., 85.

  “owe a good deal.” Ibid., 211.

  “to mass.” Ibid., 246-47.

  “churches by the dozen.” JH to HA, Feb. 13, 1883.

  verge of collapse. Dow, 98.

  come home early. AS to JH, Feb. 3, Feb. 25, and March 7, 1883.r />
  authorship arose. CFW to CSH, Jan. 8, 1883.

  did not rewrite. Edel, Henry James, III, 90.

  “matters of taste.” LJH, II, 75-76.

  “hate him.” HJL, III, 551.

  “my real home.” HJL, III, 551.

  at Delmonico’s. JH to HA, March 19, 1883.

  said he would. LHA, II, 497.

  “leave him.” JH to HA, April 23 and May 2, 1883.

  “usefulness and honor.” LJH, II, 84-85.

  into his heart. Dow, 99-100.

  “the picturesque.” Smith and Gibson, I, 431-32.

  “Don and Lizzie Cameron.” LHA, II, 502-03, 504.

  “[Inexpressible.” JH to HA, May 27, 1883.

  “without hilarity or rum.” JH to WDH, July 27, 1883.

  not enjoyed for years. JH to WDH, Sept. 9, 1883.

  “thousand brother idiots.” JH to HA, Aug. 23, 1883.

  Five of Hearts pins. LHA, II, 504.

  $3,000 a year. Wilkins, 292.

  “first long dream.” CK to J. D. Hague, June 27, 1884.

  “all over him.” LJH, II, 80.

  “One good Turner deserves another.” CKM, 130.

  as disillusioning as Washington. CK to JH, Aug. 15, 1882.

  “on a national novel.” CK to JH, Aug. 24, 1882.

  “fair shape.” CK to JH, March 8, 1883.

  taxing their patience. Wilkins, 296-97.

  “the Public is!” JH to HA, Nov. 7, 1883.

  “must be fatal.” HA to JH, Aug. 10, 1883.

  “75 percent too much.” JH to HA [n.d.].

  “monopolies and corporations.” Atlantic, May 1884.

  “my own colleagues.” Century, March 1884, 794-96.

  “our neighborhood.” JH to WDH, March 26, 1883.

  “noice clean floy.” JH to CSH, May 27, 1884.

  “out of doors.” Kaplan, Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, 152.

  “a fairy scene.” JH to CSH, May 27, 1884.

  country estate. Sir John Clark to JH, May 29, 1884.

  “tri-millionaires.” MHA to Anne Palmer, Nov. 17 [1884?].

  beyond his means. JH to CSH, May 2, May 31, and June 9, 1884.

  often called on her. Edel, Henry James, III, 298.

  “to turn to.” CFW to JH, Jan. 27, 1884.

  collaboration with King. CFW to JH, Jan. 31, 1884.

  “superlative.” CFW to JH, May 1884.

  “cross as a bear.” JH to CSH, May 31, 1884.

  “steamer back again.” CK to JH, September 1884.

  “new to me.” CK to HA, Oct. 6, 1884.

  10 In Mid-Ocean

  “I can find.” JH to CSH, May 27, 1884.

  “introduction.” MHA to RWH, Feb. 3, 1884.

  was receiving. Ibid.

  “leaving us alone.” LHA, II, 535.

  “new experience.” Ibid., 560.

  “Come home.” Tehan, 76.

  “a native.” LHA, II, 547.

  “any food.” MHA to E. A. B. Shattuck, March 5, 1871.

  for fun. EHA, 232.

  any other creed. Samuels, Henry Adams, II, 246.

  aim of both. Lawrence, 94.

  the old order. Hawthorne, 667-77.

  “is lost.” Adams, Esther, 195, 206.

  “second-rate amateur.” Ibid., 199-200.

  “not with Miss Brooke’s.” Ibid., 223-24.

  “that women can’t.” Ibid., 244.

  “Religion is Love.” Ibid., 274.

  “make me?” Ibid., 284-86.

  “candlestick of the church.” Ibid., 277.

  “would ever hear.” Ibid., 314.

  “apart from me.” Ibid., 332.

  “not to do that.” Ibid., 333.

  “I love him.” Ibid., 335.

  with his mate. HA, “The Primitive Rights of Women,” in Hochfield, 333-60.

  “in reason, absolute.” LHA, II, 515.

  “a bladder.” Ibid., 235.

  11 Seeking Shelter

  “a sure card.” LHA, II, 543.

  “than our own.” Ibid., 567; Samuels, Henry Adams, II, 224.

  “smoky chimneys.” MHA to RWH, Dec. 16, 1883.

  “such an object.” LHA, III, 519.

  with George Nicolay. JH to HA, Sept. 13 and Oct. 2, 1883.

  “from your door.” JH to HA, n.d. [1883?].

  “maladeimaginairity.” JH to HA, Dec. 7, 1883.

  just under $75,000. LHA, II, 521.

  chunk of his lot. Ibid., 520.

  slice to King. JH to HA, May 12, 1884.

  local land market. Furer, 34.

  real-estate holdings. JH to HA, Jan. 30, 1884.

  ruined by his extravagance. LHA, II, 524-25.

  “not hurt them.” MHA to Anne Palmer, Nov. 24, 1883.

  “Neo-Agnostic.” JH to HA, April 25, 1885.

  did not work. MHA to RWH, April 20, 1884.

  “most ultimate.” LHA, II, 508.

  driven everywhere. Goode, 91.

  “vigorous instructions.” LHA, II, 531.

  “all of a sudden.” MHA to ESC, Jan. 11, 1884.

  “pet notions.” HHR to HA, Feb. 28, 1884.

  “hence, architects.” JH to HA, March 13, 1884.

  “not do worse.” HHR to MHA, June 6, 1884.

  “back windows.” HHR to MHA, July 21, 1884.

  “one of Cleveland’s families.” JH to HA, July 29, 1884.

  $35,000 to $50,000. LHA, II, 546-47.

  “his size.” Ibid., 553.

  to $80,000. JH to HA, Oct. 28, 1884.

  Beverly Farms. LHA, II, 546.

  “I don’t know.” Ibid., 557, 569.

  “fourfold responsibility.” JH to HA, Dec. 20, 1884.

  “speech with us.” JH to WDH, Dec. 27, 1884.

  staircase windows. LHA, II, 573, 578.

  “heathendom.” JH to HA, Feb. 24, 1885.

  mother and child for years. Josephson, 365-67.

  “to the widow.” Smith and Gibson, II, 501.

  campaign gossip. LHA, II, 551.

  H Street windows. Ibid., 556 note.

  “enjoy her Grover?” CK to JH, Nov. 5, 1884.

  over the White House. MHA to RWH, March 5, 1885.

  “need so much!” LHA, II, 579-80.

  “Love, love, love!” Ibid., 585.

  “satisfaction in life.” Ibid., 608.

  “on our desk.” Ibid., 606.

  “much spring.” Ibid., 604.

  the servants. Ibid., 595.

  Smithsonian. Ibid., 603-04.

  “cheered up amazingly.” Ibid., 584.

  “a sensation.” Ibid., 579.

  minister to Chile. Ibid., 598.

  wondrously short. Ibid., 601.

  “savoir vivre?” Ibid., 596.

  “Read and tremble!” JH to HA, May 2, 1885.

  more of her. LHA, II, 588-89;

  Seale, I, 540-41, 554-59.

  “advices from you.” LHA, II, 581.

  “five o’clock.” Ibid., 586.

  “in the open air.” Ibid., 607.

  “not voted for Blaine.” Ibid., 593.

  “pass the time.” Ibid., 600.

  “tired traveller.” MHA to JH, April-May 1885.

  at Beverly Farms. MHA to Anne Palmer, April 26, 1885.

  “to the Yellowstone.” HHR to HA, June 7, 1885.

  their cabin. LHA, II, 617-18.

  his parents in Quincy. Ibid., 621.

  “towards us.” E. W. Gurney to E. L. Godkin, Oct. 15, 1885.

  “can do nothing.” LHA, II, 623.

  offered no details. Ibid., 626.

  his did, too. Ibid., 627.

  “didn’t like ’em.” HHR to HA, Sept. 27, Sept. 28, Oct. 11, 1885.

  less than that. JH to HA, May 22, 1885.

  mind went blank. LHA, II, 630.

  in the stonework. Ibid., 559.

  favored a lion. Ibid., 620.

  “with cement.” Ibid., 627.

  “food for gossip.” Ibid., 629-30.

  “with terror.” Ibid., 622-23.


  “I never felt so before.” HA, Esther, 262-63.

  “all of you real!” Kaledin, 224.

  and the foyer. LHA, 636-38.

  “grim silence.” Ibid., 636.

  “house like this.” Cleveland Leader, Nov. 13, 1885.

  “more robust.” JH to HA, Nov. 19, 1885.

  of her thought. Cater, li.

  “tight shut.” LHA, II, 634.

  “I could wish.” Ibid., 639.

  never forget it. Cater, li.

  not feeling well. LHA, II, 641-42 note.

  “hour after hour.” Ellen Gurney to E. L. Godkin, Dec. 9, 1885.

  for a doctor. Washington Post, Dec. 7, 1885, 1.

  “come near me.” LHA, II, 640.

  12 Hearts That Ache

  Pennsylvania Avenue. Clover’s death certificate lists the undertaker as “Jos. Gawler of 1724 Penn. Ave.” shared with Henry. Kaledin, 224.

  “heart paralysis.” Washington Post, Dec. 7, 1885, 1.

  denied entry. Samuels, Henry Adams, II, 281.

  bare trees of Lafayette Park. Ellen Gurney to E. L. Godkin, Dec. 9, 1885.

  “at rest.” E. W. Gurney to E. L. Godkin, Dec. 11, 1885.

  “cruelty.” Kaledin, 223.

  “pointed to.” LMHA, 181.

  came to Washington. Ibid., 442.

  found it wanting. Ibid., 428.

  accepting them. Earnest, 227-29.

  to wait years. “Time seems to be the only remedy, and I hope that in the course of the winter she will return to her normal state.” E. W. Gurney to E. L. Godkin, Oct. 16, 1885. See also Kaledin, 223-25.

  “thoughtful as possible.” Kaledin, 223.

  to the floor. Samuels, op. cit., 281.

  wildflowers of spring. Kaledin, 223-24.

  “harder to bear.” LJH, II, 98-99.

  “those who love you.” CK to HA, Dec. 10, 1885.

  potassium cyanide. MHA death certificate.

  “failed to become popular.” Washington Critic, Dec. 9, 1885.

  “better things.” Samuels, op. cit., 274.

  “to their house.” Ibid., 275-76.

  Beacon Hill friends. LMHA, 314.

  “run away.” LHA, II, 643.

  “Hell!” Ibid., 640-41.

  “same place again.” HHR to JH, Dec. 8, 20, and 31, 1885.

  able to give. LHA, II, 642.

  “best and truest.” Ibid., 641.

  “remind you of her?” Ibid., 645.

  “thought of you.” Ibid., 644.

  “human distress.” Ibid.

  “life is a success.” LHA, III, 5.

  “knottiness of existence.” HJL, III, in.

  “salon.” Ibid., 107.

  “very terrible.” CFW to JH, Dec. 26, 1885.

  Oriental rugs. Cater, lxiii-iv.

  of Henry’s choosing. Corcoran Gallery of Art to HA, June 15, 1886.