1882 FELLOWSHIP AT CAIUS COLLEGE 289 



Ethel \^'ill have told you what little has to be told 

 about our uneventful life here. As I have said to all 

 my correspondents, it is the island that Tennyson 

 must have had in ^dew when he wrote his ' Lotus- 

 eaters.' The description is so exact, that I need not 

 write anything in the way of description, if you will 

 only read it. 



My headaches are growing less intense, although 

 they still keep wonderfully persistent. I cannot fore- 

 see what is Hkely to happen in the end, as no one 

 seems to know exactly what is the matter with me. 



The last mail brought me a letter from the Master 

 of my College at Cambridge, telling me that I had 

 been unanimously elected to fill a vacancy in the hst 

 of Honorary Fellows. This seems to me very generous, 

 seeing how I have played the prodigal and squandered 

 mj- hving on endowing the enemy. 



Please give my very heartiest love and good wishes 

 to the bride. Take also my Christmas greetings for 

 all three of you, coupled with the congratulations that 

 are so meet, and beheve me to remain. 



Yours ever affectionately, 



Geo. J. EoMANES. 



To Javies Momanes, Esq. 



Madeira: 1892. 



I suppose you "uill have seen in the newspapers, or 

 have been told by Char.,i ^j^g^^ Caius College has made 

 me an Honorary Fellow.- This is a great pleasure to 

 me, because I have always retained my first love for 



• A pet name for his sister. 



- A window to his memory is to be placed in Caius College Chapel. 



