God bless you, my dear fellow. I am, ever and ever,
Your affectionate.
The Hon. Mrs. Watson.
Office of "All the Year Round,"
Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 1867.
My dear Mrs. Watson,
A thousand thanks for your kind letter, and many congratulations on your having successfully attained a dignity which I never allow to be mentioned in my presence. Charley's children are instructed from their tenderest months only to know me as "Wenerables," which they sincerely believe to be my name, and a kind of title that I have received from a grateful country.
Alas! I cannot have the pleasure of seeing you before I presently go to Liverpool. Every moment of my time is preoccupied. But I send you my sincere love, and am always truthful to the dear old days, and the memory of one of the dearest friends I ever loved.
Affectionately yours.
Miss Dickens.
Aboard the "Cuba," Queenstown Harbour,
Sunday, Nov. 10th, 1867.