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£7.10 a year always for her .
but when all is counted she has
only £30 a year to live upon –
I begged Lady Parker to give me £100
as Lady Macarthur had done
I got it at once on an annuity
of £5 . per annum – but she
would not hear of it .

To sum up . I have paid out now
to Sir Wm £5 – but not for Lady P.
If you are so kind as to give it
It is well bestowed

Any articles of dress you can
spare had perhaps better be
sent to me here & I will undertake