Preston, Thursday Evening, April 22nd, 1869.
Don't be in the least alarmed. Beard has come down, and instantly echoes my impression (perfectly unknown to him), that the readings must be stopped. I have had symptoms that must not be disregarded. I go to Liverpool to-night with him (to get away from here), and proceed to the office to-morrow.
The Lord John Russell.
Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent,
Wednesday, May 26th, 1869.
My dear Lord Russell,
I have delayed answering your kind letter, in order that you might get home before I wrote. I am happy to report myself quite well again, and I shall be charmed to come to Pembroke Lodge on any day that may be most convenient to Lady Russell and yourself after the middle of June.
You gratify me beyond expression by your reference to the Liverpool dinner. I made the allusion to you with all my heart at least, and it was most magnificently received.
I beg to send my kind regard to Lady Russell, with many thanks for her remembrance, and am ever,
My dear Lord Russell, faithfully yours.
Mr. W. H. Wills.