MS West Devon Area Record Office

My dear Mary
I am out in the drawing room again but no farther till the wind changes, and the cough departs, but Helen is coming to look after me on Monday, and Miss Finlaison has done so most kindly. By the by I never have had a headache all through so I don’t know how she came to [illegible] it- I hope Sydney is better – Augusta has begun to write letters again – All the spring seems cut short by the weather except the catkins.

I am sorry to miss the Friday evening sermons which are on popular sayings

All is not gold that glitters
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Time and Tide wait for nobody – I only heard the first and second and liked them much

your most affectionate
C M Yonge