Providing his reasons for not answering her letter, which reached him at Wilton. Jury service left him hideously rushed and he scrambled through his work at Gloucester at such a rate that he wonders any more than two bars were worth listening two, but people appear to that enjoyed more than stuff on which he has spent ten times the work. The popular tunes will have to wait,
Stanley Lucas has got them. He is sorry to hear of "Popsey's" [W.B. Richmond's] gout.
Maude is flourishing, Dot ditto. He has been knocked down by a carriage and dragged along, but is a tough bird, this stopped his playing.