5, Hyde Park Place, W., Friday, March 11th, 1870.
My dear ——,
Of course the engagement between us is to continue, and I am sure you know me too well to suppose that I have ever had a thought to the contrary. Your explanation is (as it naturally would be, being yours) manly and honest, and I am both satisfied and hopeful.
Ever yours.
Mr. William Charles Kent.
5, Hyde Park Place, W., Saturday, March 26th, 1870.
My dear Kent,
I received both copies of The Sun, with the tenderest pleasure and gratification.
Everything that I can let you have in aid of the proposed record[33] (which, of course, would be far more agreeable to me if done by you than by any other hand), shall be at your service. Dolby has all the figures relating to America, and you shall have for reference the books from which I read. They are afterwards going into Forster's collection.[34]
Ever affectionately.