My dear Miss Bourne,

In the first place you will be glad to hear that it was a very nice quiet Sunday & Monday at the Nest. Mrs Dyson cheered by the return of “her son,” and both glad of finding that his family really consider it a boon that they should stay and take care of him while their house is building at Crookham. I hope that Mr Keble’s suggestion will take effect, and the ... continue reading

My dear Mrs Merriman, I ought to have written sooner to thank you for so kindly writing about Mary Hicks. I suppose the fact is that she would have done better if she had been less well off at home. Her mother we always thought waited on the children and did not make them do enough for themselves, but when she took Mary from school to train her for service for a year, I thought she ... continue reading