My dear Anne, Have you seen any more of Charles’s owl? The shells got home quite safe. I send you a carrier Trochus and Charles a waved whelk, Duke a fresh-water mussel and Jane a cyprea. I went to the theatre whilst I was at Oxford; it is a great large place shaped like a horse shoe; at the flat end sat all the musicians and singers on a stand raised on ... continue reading

My dear Maggie

I am extremely disappointed not to be able to come in today, when I had so fully reckoned on doing so, even for months past. All the more because I believe that Edith and I are your only remaining sponsors. But no doubt there are more prevailing prayers offered by those out of our sight. I have still the Daisy Cross that was a memorial of your Baptism, and called forth (I believe) ... continue reading

My dear Christabel

Things change a good deal.- Before John went to America, he altered his will so as to make her tolerably dependent on Bernard, hoping thus to put a stop to it all and thinking it would keep the man on his good behaviour. Since that he offered £300 for her life if before June, Mr Adams found employment so as to secure a reasonable even if small income, £400 if she ... continue reading