| Description | William has a pair of letters, from his mother and father, to reply to. He writes about his wife Emma, obedience, and the 'strength help and comfort' she is to him. It is not easy for her to help with office work, but William is struck by Emma's decisiveness as to what should be done. He describes her work in daily and monthly accounting and in achieving balances. He knows of only one other new couple in India who have done as much, the man working in the financial department. He discusses his father's health, who is 'getting back his hearing in exchange...for part of his cough'. The news about Dr [William] Whewell's suffering is very sad. William all but worshipped Lady [Everina Frances] Affleck and Emma felt the same. He asks his mother to remember him to Reginald, to Theodosia Marshall, Mrs Callaghan and to the Spriing-Rices, whose acquaintance he made at the Marshall house on Ullswater. He notes that he has written to Mrs Hardcastle, Emma's mother, about his narrow escape from a bear. William thinks that [James?] Glaisher's claim is greater than Alick's [Alexander Stewart Herschel], but Alick has not been treated quite fairly in his Meteorological Reports. Glaisher shows mere powers of work, but Alick has more than that. |