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he replied, ( It's a good thing these two understand 

 each other, for no one else understands them.' 



Garvock, Perthshire : November 5, 1881. 



My dearest Charlotte, I thought you would like 

 the photos, and your letter to-day more than justifies 

 my anticipation. Corning events cast their shadows 

 before, and it will not now be long before you see the 

 former. These are both exceedingly well. I wish 

 you could see little Ethel dancing. It is now her 

 greatest amusement, and she does it with all the state 

 and gravity of an eighteenth century grande dame. 



Many thanks for your prompt action about the 

 proofs. You did everything in the best possible w T ay, 

 as I knew you would. It is a great blessing you were 

 in London at the time, as the caretaker would be sure 

 to have made some mistake, and time is pressing. 



The duke has answered me in this week's i Nature/ 

 and likewise has Carpenter. I have written a re- 

 joinder for next week's issue in a tone which I have 

 tried to make at once dignified and blunt. 



I send you a riddle which I have just made. See 

 if you can answer it in your next. 



' My first is found in Scripture, 



My second hangs in air, 

 My third a thing to all unknown, 

 Yet maps can tell you where. 



My whole is neither fact nor thing, 



A word, yet not a word, 

 And if you stand me on my head, 



I'm bigger by a third.' l 



Much love from both to both. 



Yours ever the same, 

 GEOEGE. 



1 The answer is the word six. 



