Item 161 - Letter from Julius Charles Hare

4 pp

Herstmonceux, Hailsham - It has been a great regret to JCH that he cannot spend a few days in Cambridge as intended, but because he is always leaving home for one reason or another he did not want to get a reputation in his parish for vagrancy. What has WW heard of Kenelm H. Digby's wife: 'Alas! he might too easily be deceived, or rather deceive himself about her character. If she be worthy of him, his marriage will be a great blessing'. JCH gives news concerning the Malcolms. 'It is an evil case to be born at a time when the shadow of coming events almost forces one to join a party. For what party can one join? Whenever in the best there is so much of absurdity, and so little of charity'.