And I am most deeply grateful to you for letting me benefit by—what is in itself such a treat! your—enthusiasm.
Mrs. Going seems to think that my soil and situation are better than yours.
Could it be possible that you might have any rose under development that you would care to deposit here for the winter and fetch away in the spring? I don't know if change of air and soil is ever good for them?
I fear you'll think mine a barren little patch on which to expend your kindness! But you are a true Ama—teur—and will look at my Villa Garden through rose-coloured spectacles!
Yours gratefully, J.H.E.
To Mrs. Jelf,
October 19, 1883.
Dearest Marny,
One bit more of egotism before I stop!