Government are not likely to go out for a while, but they will scarcely go out without letting me out first.
YOUR OWN KING.
December 30, 1881.
MY OWN QUEENIE,—Your two letters just received but not read yet. I hope Wifie is sleeping better and getting stronger like her husband.
I am very nervous about the doctors, and you should at all events tell one of them the right time, so that he may be on hand, otherwise you may not have one at all. It will never do to run this risk.
I will write Queenie a long letter to-night.
[[1]] My parlourmaid.
[[2]] Captain O'Shea was staying at Eltham for some days.
[[3]] Prison fare.
[[4]] Captain O'Shea.