
          [in pencil at upper right: (c. 1850)]


 Th. PM


 Dear Doctor


 I pick up one
 of my ubiquitous pieces
 of [crossed out, illegible] paper (hateful I
 fear to your eyes & take
 a spare half hour to
 acknowledge your last. What
 changes have two months
 brought about in your
 family! The old hall which
 Henry is so soon to leave
 will soon be no more the
 home either of you or of him.

        