Original, signed.

Concerning financial matters; Percy's ill health; on Italians; 'The Countess Faustina' by Countess Hahn-Hahn; news of acquaintances; a scandal involving Victor Hugo; et al.

Mentions [Edward] Ellis; Percy [Florence Shelley]; [Ida] Hahn-Hahn; [Varvara] Kaissaroff; Natalie [Kaissaroff]; Gustave [de Romand]; Victor Hugo

Incipit: It is a rainy afternoon...