MS Charlotte Mitchell/Cobweb-31
My dear Cobweb,
Many thanks for your share of the photograph book2, which is a very pleasant possession though my view of your self was so fleeting that I am no judge of the likeness- I was in hopes of being able to send a photograph of myself to all my faithful brood, but the man at Plymouth after keeping us waiting for two months for some copies, announced that the negative was broken. There had been two done, one of me alone, and one of my mother and myself together, and it is the single one that he says is broken. We did not give my address, except to Puslinch, not wishing him to make a lion of poor old Mother Goose, so I am rather amazed to hear that he has been disposing of me –3 Will you please let me know by return of post whether the one you have is the two figure one or if it is only one let me see whether it is my real self. I will faithfully send it back, but I should like to make out about it-
You are at present at the head of the poll for the prize questions, that is to say you have three votes, and Firefly two Chelsea Delf two, all the others do not rise above one, but Lady Bird and the Secretary have not voted yet, and I am afraid I shall not be able to tell you the result till Monday at soonest[.] I am in the midst of studying the questions of this month-
Please thank Chelsea Delf for photograph and note and tell her I would write but that I have so many notes today to do, that I fear there will be no time
your affectionate
Mother Goose