The Grange / Jan: 20:1892 / Dearest Mrs Macdonald, / The daughter of one of / our best and dearest Friends (now / dead) William Graham, once / M.P. for Galsgow - is coming / to Bordighera with her / three children, this week. / May I commend them to your / kindness? She is the wife of / Major Jeckyll R. A., and / a dear, hearty, good natured / young woman - but ? / of the family (& I know / they would forgive me for / saying this) is her eldest boy (only son) - / on whose account really they / are coming South. Last / year they wintered in Egypt, / This boy - Francis by name / a "Jim" by pet-name (Given / by his Grand-father) is a most / unusual boy. I think he is / about 10 years old - his / two little sisters came swift- / ly, one after the other, when / he was some years old - / and I please myself by / thinking that between him / & your husband a warm / friendship is possible. Do / not start at the word "friend / ship", for my belief is that / the boy has real genius, & / that perhaps you may / be of the greatest blessing / to him. He has always been / delicate, and it is a mat- / ter of the greatest anxiety / how to lead him on from / year to year. He is a born / musician (tell Winifred / this) and his little soul / is filled with a religion / of white-heat. The / doctors fear whether he / can be reared to manhood - / his parents love him pasion- / ately - I think they have / chosen Bordighera in God's / guiding, to bring the child / near you. I know you / so well that I need say / no word of commendation / beyond this. They left Lon- / don I think yesterday - the / husband (a good man) will / join them later. - / Phil has Influenza - I / have been in doors for a / month with a bronchital attack. / Edward id low with a cold, / next time I will I hope / to send you better news. How / is it with you? Never a day / passes but I think of you. / I shall be so grateful if you / can help my dear "Jim"! Ever yrs. G. Burne-Jones