Sep 6 73 D.L.M. I know nothing at all of Ruskin's / movements beyond the report I / heard that he would be at / Assisi this month. / Sent your letter on to Iceland - any day now Mr. Morris may / come back, and the hearth is / being prepared for him. / Why don't you send all your / things to me where they could be / stored or otherwise dealt with / as you want. / There is only one inn in Gimignano / that I know of - the best in / all Italy. in the piazza - most / dear people - go into the / kitchen and sit inside the / chimney and think of me / who spent a most happy / evening there. / at Volterra I forget what / in but I followed your namesake / and found it rather mournful / but comfortable - Autumn / has set in cold and damp / and everybody is ill and / all the frost everywhere is / gathered and there will / be no more warmth and / ? are long since over. / Nothing but winter now to / look forward to. - just this / month 2 years I was at / Orvieto & Rome - ah me. / write oftener - everybody / well - I've had a damnable / disorder called shingles for / 3 weeks which has nearly / sent me mad - a most cursed / thing - and a big picture has / come to utter grief - never / mind. - love from us all / Yours affec / E.B.J