With many more thanks for the dog than my sheet of paper would hold,
Believe me, ever very faithfully yours.
Mrs. Procter.
Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent,
Sept. 26th, 1865.
My dear Mrs. Procter,
I have written the little introduction, and have sent it to my printer, in order that you may read it without trouble. But if you would like to keep the few pages of MS., of course they are yours.
It is brief, and I have aimed at perfect simplicity, and an avoidance of all that your beloved Adelaide would have wished avoided. Do not expect too much from it. If there should be anything wrong in fact, or anything that you would like changed for any reason, of course you will tell me so, and of course you will not deem it possible that you can trouble me by making any such request most freely.
You will probably receive the proof either on Friday or Saturday. Don't write to me until you have read it. In the meantime I send you back the two books, with the two letters in the bound one.
With love to Procter,
Ever your affectionate Friend.