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Alice:	She had two white maids. Nellie travelled with her. She
went to New York. And the other one was taking care of downstairs and her clo Lhea were dimply rndlcati. Do you remember that room, that you went down some steps and there were boxes all around with laoti and ftirn. . . flh it wna oimply a romnrkablo life.
Mamoo:	And	I	remember going into Bonnemama's room. She must have
died shortly after that. And there she was lying up there in this big enormous bed with her tea set. A great big bed.
Alice:	You	see,	I	was	away	that summer.
Mamoo:	And there was a trained nurse there and Bonnemama had a
bad temper and she would talk French and say out loud, to somebody in the room, and talk in French and just absolutely call this poor nurse all sorts of names. I don't know what they were.
Alice:	It	was	all in French?
Mamoo:	And the nurse turned around and she said, "Je comprends
Mademoiselle Baldwin. " And with that Bonnemaman let out a stream of words and she left, the nurse left.
Alice:	And with that Bonnemama died.
Mamoo: She did die shortly after that.
Alice:	Bonnemama really honestly lived up on that front gallery
at 1907. Because that's where she was every time I went to see her and she always had lovely clothes...
Mamoo:	That was in the morning. In the afternoon she'd come
downstairs and go out riding in the afternoon.
Alice:	In her coupe!
Mamoo:	In either the coupe or the barouche. And she'd have a
little parasol. To keep the sun out of her eyes. All dressed up fit to kill. Really lovely, lovely lady. She'd always take us grandchildren with her to drive uptown.
Alice: She took you?
Mamoo:	Yes. Do you remember going?
Alice:	No.
Mamoo:	I do.
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