Mar.10.'99 My darling, / I shall love to see you / & the boys on Sunday - and may / you feel the spirit of the master / still in this house as I do always. / Please send me one word by tele- / gram saying the time you come, / and I will have lunch accord- / ingly. It is dear & faithful / of you to tell me, and pleases / me very much. I hope it may / still be as fine as it is now / & has long been - divinely clear / & bright. / You will know what we have / all gone through about Rudyard / lately. The loss of his darling / child will be a fearful / pain to him - he is passion- / ately fond of his children, & per- / haps most of all she lay at his / heart - the first born, & quietly dif- / ferent to the other two. But / for us and the world how great / a thing it is to have him given / back to us from the gates of / death. / I am so much stronger in / health for living here. - / Come then, my darling, with / a glad welcome from / Your loving / Georgie