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9/30/14 
11:18AM

                “Alcée Laballière wrote to his wife, Clarisse, that night. It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude. He told her not to hurry back, but if she and the babies liked it at Biloxi, to stay a month longer. He was getting on nicely; and though he missed them, He was willing to bear the separation a while longer-realizing that their health and pleasure were the first things to be considered.”

                So this man just cheated on his wife and is now telling her to stay in Biloxi for another month. This could easily just be a onetime thing but it seems that he thinks it might happen again. He does care about his family enough to send them a letter asking about their wellbeing, also saying that he was getting along nicely so that they could be at ease as well.