9 Sept / 96 Tuesday dear LM / we had a talk / about it, he & I, on / Sunday / & I promised / to go on with them, & / at once - & I will. / But you know how / difficult it is - for I am / almost without hope / now - I have tried / and tried this year but / I work at them badly / - all the time disbelieving / that the improvement in / him will ever come. / nevertheless I shall try - / & will go over to him on / Saturday morning and work / with him. it is a good idea. / perhaps not the next / Sunday for I ought to be / away with them all at R. Dean / but one week day / I will go instead - & / then the Sundays / have you heard about the / Consultation yesterday? / it sounds alarming enough / - I hope they won't send him / away - it breaks his / heart to leave his books - / I am wretched about / it - and have had my / hopes dashed so often / that I am sick of / hoping - / Yoursaff EBJ