Best wishes for the new year, the numbers are strange to write. They are all well, but for
Clara who has influenza.
Arthur is cramming for the Civil Service exam. If he passes he will have to learn a bewildering array of languages, but will get a steady income.
Herbert has joined the
Canopus, a new ship at Malta. He may be sent to South Africa. It is a terrible war and he can't help but fear that the national will come to pieces. But he sees it as a just war if fought in the spirit as spoke of by
Salisbury, although he has his doubts about
Rhodes and
Joe C.. He goes now to
Lord Charles Beresford's to see
Wolseley who, by all accounts, has lost his head.