Mr. T. P. Cooke.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE MR. DOUGLAS JERROLD.
Committee's Office, Gallery of Illustration,
Regent Street, Thursday, July 30th, 1857.
My dear Mr. Cooke,
I cannot rest satisfied this morning without writing to congratulate you on your admirable performance of last night. It was so fresh and vigorous, so manly and gallant, that I felt as if it splashed against my theatre-heated face along with the spray of the breezy sea. What I felt everybody felt; I should feel it quite an impertinence to take myself out of the crowd, therefore, if I could by any means help doing so. But I can't; so I hope you will feel that you bring me on yourself, and have only yourself to blame.
Always faithfully yours.
Mrs. Compton.
Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester,
Sunday Night, Aug 2nd, 1857.
My dear Mrs. Compton,