Feb. 14 1898 / I desperately(?) wanted to see / you & talk - & almost jumped / for joy when your name was / said - but I was quite right / - pale you looked & ill still / - and as if the whisper of an / illness would ? it on you. - / & so for once I was unselfish / and forewent a great delight. / it is very nasty being ill - this vile thing has really made - / me ill. - & days go by & I get / no better - but as soon / as ever I can get about I will / go / and see you. / I am not to go out for a / week yet. / fairly good news that comes / from Georgie - who knows / nothing of my being anything / but a stalwart home? / - how pale you looked & / how sorry it made / Youraff / B-J