| Description | He compliments Maria on the new spelling of her name. He cannot write with ink, because there is too much sand flying about, the colour of coffee grounds served at a railway cafe in Alexandria. [Resuming in ink] He began the letter yesterday morning and continues it in the shade at his hotel in Suez. He comments on how pleasing the Red Sea is, with a description of the tints of sea and desert sand dunes. They said goodbye the Joseph and Henry at Cairo. He refers to Emma's health and other personal messages. |