Addressed to "Mrs. Holman Hunt"; this is probably Edith, William Holman Hunt's second wife. They were married in Nov. 1875. On letterhead stationery of "The Grange, / West Kensington, / W." Declining an invitation because he is "off today to join them at Rottingdean"; complaining that he has done no work for a month; adding that "any of Holman's cast off clothes will be very welcome."