Saturday October 5th. 1861 My dearest Crom / Your letter has fresh arrived / how very kind of you to write / to me again, ? as / I had not replied to your former / one, believe me. I had not for- / -gotten you; for you're frequently / in my thoughts, but I felt I / had nothing to communicate / in which you could feel any / interest and neither have I now, / with the exception that I am a / Great Aunt, Edward writes / me word he is "papa to a verey fat / little boy much bigger than Geogy" / whom I have not yet seen, as the / nurse - who always Lady / Bramount, upon these oc- / -cassions objects to it at present, / however I am rejoiced to hear / she is going on well, and sin- / cerely trust she may continue / to do so - on her own accounts / and that my dear boys. - / Mrs. Macdonald is staying with / them; they have left their old quarters / and are now residing at 22 / Gte Russell Street. Bloomsbury / exactly opposite the British / Museum -. I shall have course / to recollect it, for I fell down / the stairs, and not satisfied / with that, I much need's fall / up the stairs on my re- / -turn home, the kitten unknown / to me was on them. I trod / upon her. and in endeavoring / to recover myself, would have / fallen backwards/given all proba- / -bility either have broken my / back or neck; if not both/had / I not providentially caught / hold of the bannister - of course I / felt the ill effects of it for a few / days; but nothing more -. Has Edward / written to you? he promised to do / so - but I never saw any one so / conpletely absorbed in their pro- / -fession as he is. the moment / he has finished his meals-, before / the cloth is removed, he is hard at work / again. still I think his health / is better than formerly - I am sorry / he has lost his kind Patron Mr. Flint, / who died rather suddenly a few / months back - I had not forget to / say - Miss Triquet sends her kind / regards. - Having written thus far I have / come to a stand still for I know / not your address consequently must / write to Edward for it. - when pro- / -bably he will send some message / Wednesday Nov 6th - Shame! Shame / just one month since I com- / -mensed my letter to you - / but I have had friends / staying with me ever / since, and am expecting / another tomorrow - Edward / tells me he wrote to you / six weeks back. I hope the / letter arrived safely - I am / sorry to say he is very unwell, / but Georgie and Master Philip / are thriving wonderfully / and propose visiting / Manchester next week - / rather hazardous methinks / at this time of the year / and his little Lordship / only five weeks old today, / but I suppose Grandmamie / knows best, - during their / abscence - Edward will / be part of the time with / his friend Stanhope / little Philip is certainly / a fine child - it will / be twelvemonth on / Saturday, since you took / leave of me, your little / purse often reminds me / of you - Well dearest Crom / you percieve I told you the / truth, when I said I had / nothing to communicate / but I did not like the idea / of your thinking I had for- / -gotten you - ? day / Evelyn Triquet and ? / will not fail to drink your health / and every happiness - God bless you dear / ever your affectionate little Auntie / Keturah Catherwood / 1, North Addington Place / Camberwell
Reporting on family matters, including the birth of Philip Burne-Jones, the son of her nephew, Edward Burne-Jones.