I had a great mind to say what I knew, but I did not.
I hope you go on writing muchly. We consider your letters models; they are very popular, and George says they are some of the best we receive.
We are all quite well, which is much to our credit, for there never was such weather—so damp and hot. Fairy, ’s little greyhound, had a shocking fit yesterday from mere heat, and, after an hour’s struggle for life, we called in Dr. Drummond, who bled her just like a lady, tied up her arm, and saved her.
God bless you dear, dearest Robert! and keep writing those good letters. How many children have you now? Best love to Mary, and if this arrives before the ‘Perfect,’ send it to . But they say it has no chance of arriving at all.
As usual, after a ship sails, or, rather, while it is clearing, I rest from a journal a week, and
