66 Cheriton Road, Folkestone,
April 18, 1895.
Dear Sir Frederic Leighton,—May I venture to say, somewhat superfluously, what a delight it was to be made free of your Palace of Art on a recent Sunday, and how highly I valued the privilege. Mr. Wilfrid Meynell had already made me happy by reporting the generous things you had said about my verses. I wish the great pleasure thus given me were not alloyed by the news of your temporarily impaired health. But in common with the rest of the world I hope those sunnier regions to which you perhaps feel more spiritually akin than to our own may quickly renew your full energies.
Pray forgive anything which may be intrusive or otherwise unwarrantable in this letter, and believe me, dear Sir Frederick, with very grateful sense of your kindness, and pride in your good opinion, yours sincerely,
William Watson.
Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P.R.A.
Telegram.]
April 16, 1895.
To Sir Frederic Leighton,
2 Holland Park Road,
Kensington, London.
Profondement touchée de votre si bonne lettre et aimables vœux pour ma fille, je vous en remercie de tout mon cœur, y voyant une nouvelle preuve de votre amitié. Je regrette vivement pas avoir le plaisir de vous revoir avant longtemps, mais suis sure penserez à moi.
Comtesse Paris.