Cheney discusses the unseasonably wet weather. She mentions a terrible accident that had befallen
[Richard] Wyatt [?]. She had been much amused by Gibson's account of the
King of Bavaria. Her son,
Edward [Cheney] had added some portraits to his collection, which Gibson ought to see. They would be pleased to receive the bust. Some people had said it was too old for her, but Cheney feels that that would no longer be the case.