May.—Housekeeper writes to say that eighty feet of the garden wall has been washed away.
June.—Housekeeper writes to say that the two horses, one cow, and four pigs are drowned.
July.—Go and stop in the house myself.
August.—Escape from the bedroom windows in a boat.
September.—In bed with rheumatic fever.
October.—Housekeeper writes to say that the floods are out worse than ever.
November.—Somebody writes to say that the housekeeper has been drowned.
December.—Will try and sell house in the Midland Counties.