| Description | She did not write yesterday and had no letter from John, expecting that he might come. She had a bad day and even the 'pricking' [morphine injection] gave only temporary relief. She read the second volume of Michael Faraday's 'Life', noting his severe comment on a correspondent of 'the table-turning folly'. Mary comments on 'Colonel T'. She feared that John might have a headache last night and wished he would take only laudanum. She thinks her life there will be one of confinement, with Esther to fall back on. She sends a letter from John's mother and the morphia, asking if he could bring an ounce or two of chloroform. |