[Boston—Tuesday, 23 April 1872]
Tuesday April 23. Shakspeare’s birthday. Emerson & his daughter passed the night with us and Edith Davidson, Ellen’s “daughter” came to breakfast. We talked over again the pleasures of the night before. Emerson had never heard Hunt talk before and had seldom found Longfellow so expansive. Holmes met “J” in the course of the day & told him he had a real good time though he did have a thumping headache—he was much pleased with Alice Longfellow.
