MS Mrs Caroline Fairclough/7

My dear Miss Butler
Many thanks for the chapter of Likes and Dislikes, which brings out Emilys moral very satisfactorily. I should not like it to be the absolute last, and should quite wish to continue her history after an interval. How would it be – if we were to continue the story next July year – if we may venture to look so far forward, and if it do not suit you better to publish it all together sooner, in which case I should by no means wish to stand in its way. I should like to see the 15th chapter very much, in fact we are all greatly interested in Helen and Emily and I think they have had great success in the Packet. We are hoping for Elizth Barnett on Wednesday, and trust to be in full nightingale form for her. I am sorry Miss Dyson is laid up with such an attack of tooth ache

yours sincerely
C M Yonge

By the by it has never been explained how the Baroness became lame