Dear Miss Finchcliffe, I am very glad to have seen Edith Crawley’s letter which I return with many thanks. I had proposed the Irishwoman to Mrs Gray for the Cape ladies, and she had rejected her, but perhaps they know their own plans best. I am glad that another and elder lady has been added to them for someone to take the command was much wanted.

I am glad that dear Miss Mackenzie is so much better, ... continue reading