He describes the way Lushington changed his views on the advisability of Buxton addressing the Delegates after he had discussed the matter privately with Sturge, Josiah Forster, and George Stacey. On Buxton's demanding to be given the full details of their decision, they had admitted that some of the Delegates were very annoyed with him and might be unpleasant. He writes of his own desire to face them and his friends' dispassion on the grounds that it would hurt the cause as a whole if he should be seen to be quarrelling with the Delegates. He records his final decision neither to send a letter nor to go to the Delegates but to send a petition to the House for the immediate extinction of the apprenticeship system, with guaranteed enjoyment of full freedom for Black people. He comments on his unpopularity with all sides and states that he nevertheless did not regret a single step he had taken, explaining that he had thrown up the leadership of the abolition party because the lack of response to his motions in 1835 and 1836 had led him to believe there would be no support for a motion to end the apprenticeship system in the country at this time. He adds that now he would risk the inevitable charges of inconsistency in order to support the abolition movement because he was determined not to damage the cause of Black people. He assures her that he at ease, although still inclined to be a little guarded toward the Delegates, though he would forgive them if they succeeded. In a postscript, he tells her that he had just received a pressing invitation from the Delegates to go to see them. His first inclination was to ignore it, yet he decides that it would be better for indigenous people if he went. This is prefaced with a request that the letter should be sent to Priscilla. (Copy.)