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12 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, W. - Very good of Trevelyan to send 'these charming Chinoiseries': Fry will enjoy them and take them to show Helen. He and she have had a very good day together, though it is starting to be a strain to go back [to hospital]: she wants to go and stay with her family but they need Dr S[avage]'s leave. Asks if Trevelyan can give him a letter of recommendation for the London Library.

Hitchin Croft, Churt, Farnham (a house kept by the late Liberal candidate for Hitchin [John Wattridge], who is now Conservative agent here). - Felt he needed to rest on Sunday so instead of visiting Trevelyan they read Goldie [Dickinson's] dialogue in the sun. Has been to London to work on his lectures and see about the house. He, Mrs Widdrington and a cabinet maker have been again to see if there is any dry rot but it passed the test and he will now try to get it. The news from R[oe]Hampton [of Helen Fry] is good but there is little change, and Dr Savage says she is unlikely to be much better for months. Asks Trevelyan to tell Berenson he will visit his hotel next Wednesday and apologises for not seeing him on Sunday. Asks when the final proofs [of Trevelyan's "Mallow and Asphodel"?] are coming out; hopes he will become very learned about the Oxford drawings.

22 Willow Road, Hampstead, N.W. - Trevelyan need not bring his watercolour: he has too many (fifty) as it is and would rather show new work which might sell. May not be able to visit for a while: at a consultation today with Dr Savage it was decided that Helen should go into the country with her sister Mildred and the children. This will probably be near Holmwood, but she needs absolute rest so should not be tempted to visit the Shiffolds. Instead, asks Trevelyan to lunch at the Reform Club on 1st August and to see the hanging of the pictures at the Alpine Club.

The Reform Club. - Looks forward to seeing Trevelyan in town, though he cannot make the Joachim [Joachim Memorial Concert]. Jokes about his title [at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]: 'I'm European adviser... (to the whole United States of course)'. The children are very well; he goes to see Helen often and can't feel hopeless yet though Savage is pessimistic. Is glad Paul is well and hopes Bessie is too. Met "the dear [Julius?] Röntgen" who 'plays divinely'.