| Description | His compliment on her regular correspondence was inopportune, as she has been ill in bed with diaphragm problems, but no fever. She describes her regimen with the use of morphine injections: 'I am conscious that the whole nervous system craves for it' and thinks her dosage is not as effective as it was in suppressing her cough. There have been rains, and she thanks John for his long letters, saying that she has kept letters for the last six years. She notes the receipt of periodicals and funds from John with which she has paid Mr Gray. Mary discusses living arrangements and their costs. She thanks John for his comments on [Isaac] Taylor's work and refers to her own habit of note-taking. John's case against the Accountant General is easy to understand. She comments on her reading of articles by Herbert Spencer and Miss Taylor, the latter 'shrill & unsatisfactory', the former 'firm good writing', but disagreeing with him on Catholoic emancipation and the impact on civil society of 'Romanist teaching'. |