My dear Anne It is enough to frighten one to see all one’s words taken so seriously, not that I did not really mean them, but perhaps I spoke more freely from not thinking you would attach so much weight to what so young and so flyaway a person might say. However it is quite right to feel that words have weight. I think I must begin from henceforth to assure you that you ... continue reading

My dear Mrs Harris We have had a long time to wait before I could write to tell you of my brother’s arrival.

The British Queen was so slow in her progress that all her coal was exhausted and they were obliged to burn their top masts as they put into Falmouth.

His arrival at eight o’clock last night, thin but not otherwise looking ill, though he is not fully recovered, the climate entirely overpowered him even before ... continue reading