Hôtel Gray et d'Albion Cannes, 15 Nov. 1878.
"I have come here," he says, "in order that rheumatism may forget me and not recognise me on return to Albion's shores. * * *
"I open my bag and take out your letter of 20th November, 1877, which has been ready at hand for reply ever since I received it with a welcome. Letters ought always to be replied to within the twelve months."
At Mentone.