To Charles Kent Esq

1 Campden Grove, Kensington, W

Ah! my dear old friend, how good and thoughtful of you and what a perfectly acceptable gift!

'though fallen on evil days
on evil days though fallen and evil tongues'

(vide to-day's Times)

I am receiving such evidences of love and sympathy from my friends, and such kindness from officials here, that I am fairly broken down by them.

God bless you
Edmund Yates

Holloway, Jany 17 '85