Corrected entry: William Ludlow writes to his wife on April 13, 1913. She replies to that letter and includes that Samuel and Susanna will be visiting William "this summer". Yet the events involving Samuel and Susanna at William's home include two occasions where Samuel voices concerns for the events taking place in Europe at the start of World War One in 1914. He and Susanna have not been at William's home for a full year as Samuel speaks with Tristan about Susanna, her ideas and their plan to "not wait for marriage" as if it is all fresh and new, and does so after the first discussion of the war. It must be 1914. The only other explanation is that mail takes about six months to cross the country at this time, and Isabelle was replying in the fall of 1913, which would be ridiculous, as even then such mail took just weeks at worst to arrive.
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Correction: Everything seems to hinge on the mail being relatively quick and efficient. Mail can get, and does get lost, misplaced, rerouted, or otherwise delayed even in 2009. I have had mail from Korea arrive to me in Canada before mail from California, even though the order was placed the same day. There are many examples of lost mail arriving years after being mailed, the most recent of which I can recall was a letter mailed from the US Midwest, to one of the eastern states during WWII, which finally arrived in the mid 2000's. The letter had fallen behind a bureau or filing cabinet and was not found until the post office was being demolished and rebuilt.
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