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

Dear Mr.Maddison How shall I thank you enough for writing to me much that I might never have known, though Miss Barnett promises to send me some of the letters she has had. Poor thing, the tower of strength is gone, and she has lived in and for those two so long that I cannot think that her frail body will stand such a shock. I am glad you told me that she does ... continue reading