My dear Mrs. Lenox:
I wonder if you would care to go with us to the opera Wednesday
evening? The Cromwells have offered us their box for that night,
which accounts for our selection of that particular evening. “Beggars
cannot be choosers,” and while personally we would all rather go on
some other night, yet it is perhaps best that we do not refuse the
Cromwells’ generous offer. Then, too, Wednesday is really the only
evening that my husband and I are free to go, for the children take
so much of our time on other nights. I do hope, therefore, that you
can go with us Wednesday to hear “The Barber of Seville.” Sincerely,
Esther G. (Mrs. Thomas D.) Franklin.