She supposes her absorbed by
Tom's wedding,
Maria and Minna have also been busy in the same way; please would she thank
Cissy for sending Suglis' translation,
Willie is reading it, she is in the middle of Pope's Iliad, and copying out descriptions of dress for Willie; describes a picnic, her husband sketched the sky thoroughly and has finished the one in his picture; describes a ride into the country and a church visit; she wishes she could see Balzi; discusses Christmas.