Monday Night Dear Old Ned / I looked for you till / late (last night [crossed out]) Saturday night / & am sorry / to hear that illness / was the cause of your / staying away. Perhaps / you will be at Holland / Park on Wednesday evening. I expect to / find my way there, / as we can then make / an appointment. If / not, I shall then write / again and look you up. / Your most affec: / Gabriel / Turnover P.S. / I hear from Calais / this evening that / they reached on / Saturday night. Janey / was tired & laid up / all yesterday, but / they were going on / today. They expect / to reach Cologne / by Saturday.
In the summer of 1869 concern for his wife's health led Morris to take her to try a 'cure' at the south German spa of Ems.