June 97 / Oh no it wasn't / kind to make a ? for / you - & yet on the / other hand it wasn't / unkind - but I do / want them all to look / like over dressed frumps / & minxes - & you to look / like a real queen - / it may not be a noble / aspiration - I don't say / that it is, but it is / a fact / yes - next Friday I will do / all that - at any rate I will / go for you at 5 & take you / on to Mrs. Nettleship - / indeed I ought to see you / more than once in the / dress - for it must be / well done - / Oh they will wriggle with / wretchedness and spite - / I didn't go to the / silly Earl's Ct. - it / rained over much & I / get so cold so easily - / Georgie comes today from / France - / & Phil has just come from / Brussels - he gives and acct. of the paintings / there which sorely disturbs / me - a ramshackle affair / it must be - & the pictures / hanging on wooden / partitions - so that the / whole thing would go / up in a blaze in a / moment - if the Wheel of / Fortune comes to going I do / think my heart will break / I meant to write to Arthur / but why disturb him & / bother him - & what could / he do - he was pestered to / lend it & hates those exhibn as I do - & it can't be helped now / So tomorrow week, expect me at 5 and what the / ? I will tell you / afterwards. / Youraff EBJ