My dear Lady Sophia, I am asked to send this card, in case Lord Selborne has a vote disengaged for this poor young man. I hope the Blind are not so plentiful as idiots and incurables from whom there is no peace!

I suppose you have Dr Pusey’s life, it must be wonderfully interesting but it has not yet come in my way. It seems to fill up the complement of the other lives - I remember ... continue reading