He looked forward to his journey and the pleasure of their meeting in Italy. He warns her of the danger of the north-east wind and tells her of the storm that had produced a wreck on the Cromer coast. Warning of this had arrived as he was addressing an agricultural meeting, whereupon his audience had left, and he had followed and was able to see the lifeboat coping extremely well; everyone was rescued without Anna firing her life-line gun. He describes a day's work assisted by seven secretaries, including Priscilla, Andrew, Anna, and Caroline; even so, he had worked until one o'clock in the morning. He warns her that he might remain until 16 Nov in order to get everything cleared up, though he still hoped to leave before that. He reminds her that it was a year since Priscilla had travelled down from Scotland by sea. He reports the departure of Edward cured of his cold, the letters received from Powell, who had also written to her, and his intention to leave for London with his secretary, Wiseman, in two days' time to live with Edward and Catherine at the Brewery. He mentions that Gurney [Hoare] and his wife were at Northrepps and that she and Priscilla were editing out all his fine sentences from his book [to improve its style]. He observes that he was optimistic about his scheme for Africa and that his health was then better than it had been for years. He believed that, now that he had finished his book, if he lived a life of leisure he could live as long as anyone. He hoped the trip would do Hannah so much good that she would be able to face the next winter at Northrepps. Richenda's letter had pleased Anna and Catherine, but he complains that the girls and Charles were not being as generous with their letters as he wished. He tells her that Anna Gurney seemed much improved though still subject to deep depression; he trusted that time would allow her to overcome her grief. (Memoir, p. 453.)