So MY LIFE 



Loo, at Gosport, superintending the getting up of the festi- 

 vities necessary on the Marriage of their Cousin the Daughter 



of Col. Wright (who has been where you trio] to get and 

 didn't as mentioned in your Hoke), and who has a great 

 desire to held speech thereon. 



" For ourselves we are supposed to be in charge of the 

 house, and Thomas Theodosius Constantine will perhaps be 

 at the Dovers. 



" Thus much for this week ; next week all the Chicks will 

 be beneath our wing, and probably able and willing to de- 

 molish, or assist in demolishing, any larder however large. 



" Secular. 



u We cancel that part relating to Loo and Aunt Loo — there 

 is a screw loose. Nell was to have been one of Six ! Brides- 

 maids ; but our hilarity on hearing of the absurdity hath 

 given offence. Nell therefore retires, and we are under a 

 Kibosh ! 



" As soon as we are able to breathe, we will communicate. 



" Thine, 



" Dentatus." 



The next letter refers chiefly to an eccentric friend of his, 

 Mr. Morgan Kavanaugh, author of a work on " The Origin of 

 Language and of Myths," and always referred to by Purland 

 as " The Great O," on account of his fundamental idea that 

 (O) was the sign of the sun, the only permanently circular 

 object in nature, and that the word " O " was the original 

 name of the sun (from making the figure with the lips), and 

 was thus the origin of all language. The book, however, is 

 full of the most ingenious and suggestive derivations from 

 Sanscrit and the Eastern languages. 



" Sept. 24, 1872. 



" No ! can't be a bigger man than you — 19 stone. Will 

 warm the only bed we have — as spare ! But the nights are 

 fine, and a walk home after the Jaw won't hurt you. 



