I regret extremely that we are obliged to ask you to postpone your visit till next month.
We can not get the house at Brighton for which we were in treaty, till that time, and our present abode is so small that we are unable to offer a bedroom to a friend.
I trust this delay will not inconvenience you. It is a great disappointment to us, as we longed equally for the sea and your company.
My wife unites with me in kind remembrances.
I am ever,
Yours very truly, ______
Same.
The Beeches, Sydenham,
November 6th.