Ellen Axson Wilson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

I set aside this morning to write a long letter to my dear one, but Infirmary business and other unexpected matters have intervened so that now it is afternoon and my “day at home”; and so if I am to get it off today as I wish, I must try to content myself with a little love message. I will write again in a day or so and tell you all about everything, especially about the “quadrangling.” Matters are very encourgaging in that direction; the faculty are evidently going with your father by an overwhelming majority. But Mr. Hibben has now come out actively with the opposition,—and that is *hurtinghim your fatherdreadfully. But all this must wait until I have more time (*hurting his feelings, I mean.) I wish I could tell you my precious one, just how deep my sympathy is with you in this time of storm and stress. One moment I am all pride in you, my dear, brave, noble girl;—and the next my heart is just bleeding for my poorlittleone;—so young for such a trial! I am sure your father's dear little letter was a comfort to you, and I agree with him that the only way to peace and happiness now is to take the final step at once,—alone if you must.Margaret says in a letter today that she told Harriet & Myra that you & Flora were going to resign (and she too “to help along a little) and that “they were very, very sweet about it;”—said they could not quarrel with you about it because your motives were wholly impersonal. Margaret said she had to tell them because it made her feel too much like a hypocrite to stay with them without doing so.
But I have been interrupted by three callers and now must close abruptly to get this off.
With love beyond all words I am, my darling,