Atideofcondolenceflowedinfromallpartsoftheworld。Itwasimpossibletoanswerall。Onlyafewwhohadbeentheirclosestfriendsreceivedawrittenline，butthelittleprintedacknowledgmentwhichwasreturnedwasnomereformality。Itwasaheartfelt，personalword。
TheyarrivedinAmericainJuly，andwereaccompaniedbyTwichelltoElmira，andonthe14thMrs。ClemenswaslaidtorestbythesideofSusyandlittleLangdon。R。W。Gilderhadarrangedforthemtooccupy，forthesummer，acottageonhisplaceatTyringham，intheBerkshireHills。ByNovembertheywereattheGrosvenor，inNewYork，preparingtoestablishthemselvesinahousewhichtheyhadtakenonthecornerofNinthStreetandFifthAvenue——Number21。
ToF。N。Doubleday，inNewYork：
DEARDOUBLEDAY，——IdidnotknowyouweregoingtoEngland：IwouldhavefreightedyouwithsuchmessagesofhomageandaffectiontoKipling。
AndIwouldhavepressedhishand，throughyou，forhissympathywithmeinmycrushingloss，asexpressedbyhiminhislettertoGilder。