Ever affectionately,
G. P. R. James.
Mrs. Dallas.[9]
EXTRACT.
THE TIME OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA'S ARRIVAL IN LONDON.
It is curious to see London gone mad. Down in the Strand here, the monomaniacal tricks it is playing are grievous to behold, but along Fleet Street and Cheapside it gradually becomes frenzied, dressing itself up in all sorts of odds and ends, and knocking itself about in a most amazing manner. At London Bridge it raves, principally about the Kings of Denmark and their portraits. I have been looking among them for Hamlet's uncle, and have discovered one personage with a high nose, who I think is the man.
Faithfully yours always.
Mrs. Lehmann.
Office of "All the Year Round," No. 26, Wellington Street,
Strand, London, W.C.,
Tuesday, March 10th, 1863.
Dear Mrs. Lehmann,
Two stalls for to-morrow's reading were sent to you by post before I heard from you this morning. Two will always come to you while you remain a Gummidge, and I hope I need not say that if you want more, none could be better bestowed in my sight.