My dear Miss Gladstone / I will be away - / late this week or early / next I must go, for / I am not thriving at / all these days - now / I am sorry for I never / see you now - I am / going both to Rotting / Dean & Oxford. - for / day after day I do / nothing, & may as well / go as be here. / Yours aff / EBJ
Autograph letter signed ('EBJ') to "My dear Miss Gladstone", saying he will be away from later in the week or early the following week, explaining 'I am not thriving at all these days - and I am sorry for I never see you know - I am going both to Rotting Dean & Oxford - for day after day I do nothing, & may as well go as be here" ...