She apologises for the delay but has been overwhelmed with letter writing. She was sent the Manchester papers and the curator sent the pamphlet of Clausen's lecture on her husband's work [
George Frederic Watts]. She will not forecast where her husband's reputation will go. She envies the possessor of
The Dove That Returned Not, she thinks it the subtlest of pictures. She is hoping to keep a memorial collection toegther at Limnerslease.
Watts hoped his pictures would suggest many things and when asked for their meaning would only give the simplest of outlines.