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supplied. During that time Alger took us and the baby for rides to Haines Point. Once we went to look at the roses in bloom. Another time we went to Mount Vernon.
Q« When did you next see the Hisses? A. They visited us in New York. I have a mental picture of my husband and the Hisses poring over a map, looking for a place called Long Eddy. They drove there to look at a cottage. We were going to rent it with them for the summer. Instead we went to Smithtown. Mrs. Hiss visited us there for ten days. She helped me with the baby so I could have time to paint. I gave her one of my paintings. She put it up in her dining room. After Smithtown we stayed with the Hisses for five days. They moved their son's furniture into the second floor and we had the top floor. We all ate together like one family. Then we moved to Baltimore. The Hisses gave us some furniture.
Mrs. Chambers looked up at the ceiling in between questions and often blinked before answering.
Q* What did you call the Hisses?
A. I called Alger "Hilly" and so did the baby. I
called Mrs. Hiss "Pross." She called me "Liza."
Q* What did the Hisses call your husband?
A. "Carl."
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