Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children. 1919.
80. A BIG AND LONELY WHITE HOUSE
White House, April 1, 1906.
DARLING QUENTY-QUEE:
Slipper and the kittens are doing finely. I think the kittens will be big enough for you to pet and have some satisfaction out of when you get home, although they will be pretty young still. I miss you all dreadfully, and the house feels big and lonely and full of echoes with nobody but me in it; and I do not hear any small scamps running up and down the hall just as hard as they can; or hear their voices while I am dressing; or suddenly look out through the windows of the office at the tennis ground and see them racing over it or playing in the sand-box. I love you very much.
