My dear Miss Palmer I enclose the order. I wrote Hants after Sep upon the paper, so I hope they made it out to the right one It will be a great pleasure to me to come to Blackmoor [erasure] Thank Lady Selborne for her kind invitation.

What would suit me best would be to come when I leave Crookham, on the 3d or 4th of September, as then I could take the train at Alton and ... continue reading

My dear Miss Palmer The printer has put your name in full upon this proof - but if you do not wish it to appear, you had better scratch it out, though of course the Packet would be glad to have the story owned.

I am glad it did not come while you were occupied with the wedding bustle, they like to put the Christmas number in hand a long time in advance. I am now at ... continue reading