“I want to express to you, Sydney, my admiration for your terrific presentation today of Medora and Mama’s correspondence and diary excerpts. You clearly had taken great care in preparing the reading (from Dear Medora). It had an energy to it that increased to a crescendo and pathos. Your reading was brilliant and added to the general poignancy of the story. You should be very proud of the product of your efforts. In and of itself, the characters and their humanity come through; but you have also memorialized a page from the past, yours personally, but one that we can all wonder at.”