Mar: 12: 1885 My darling, / I don't know if / you are coming up to St. / James's Place or St. Hans Place tomorrow - / but I must send a line / that will reach you sooner / or later, saying how griev- / ed I have been to hear / that you have been so / unwell & in so much / pain. My pen does not / well know how to write / these words - it is so used / to writing only congratu- / lations to you - but on / reflection it agrees that / even Mary is no excep- / tion the everlasting change / of good and evil in this life. / - I am glad I did not / say ? to you about / George, for you had more / than enough to bear at the / time he went - and now / all I can venture is an / urgent God bless him, & / an imaginary pressure of / your hand. - / You will have your dear / little son with you again / now, and be wreaking / the affection on him which / separation kept back - it / is difficult not to bite - / a baby at times, since / one may not crush. / Send me the number / of your new house dear, / sometime, and tell me / when I should find you & / the baby at home, & I / will come to satisfy myself / about you. - / With very much true love, / I am ever yours / Georgie B-J