He expresses vexation at a letter from Garofolini, who refused to do as he desired, and at the fact that he would be unable to attend to the application for more frequent gaol deliveries until he returned from his holiday as he did not have the necessary information and there was no one to whom he could delegate the task since both Samuel Hoare and Crawford were ill. He instructs her to write to him at Harrogate within a week if she thought the matter could not rest. He refers to Gatty's visit to her and adds that they were all in two minds about going to Scotland but were determined to make the best of their journey.