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Do try to be sensible, like a good
old body, & try to keep well.

I have been very busy all week
and am very well. I had one nice
dinner party at the Russells – the
beautiful Mrs Oliver Howard (now a very
pale grass widow, Oliver being in Nigeria),
Lady Granville, the Evelyn Cecils, Lady Sligo,
& the Maxses. I took in a Miss Villiers
who had been staying at Knowsley when
Joe was there for the Liverpool speeches, &
she told me some outstanding stories
about the indiscretions of that great man.

With much love to all

Your affectionate son

John