Item 352 - Letter from Charles Philips Trevelyan to R. C. Trevelyan

Cambo, Northumberland. - He and Molly are 'very unhappy indeed' for Robert and Bessie [after the death of their new-born daughter Susan]: 'after all the weariness and trouble of the last few months it is very hard to bear for Bessie'. They are very glad she is 'quite strong herself'. Wishes they could do more than feel sorry; Molly cannot visit now, but as soon as they return to London in October she will come.

Thinks they can 'be easy about Paul now': he is 'most extraordinarily different to the poor little picture he was' when he came to Wallington, 'getting quite a good colour and visibly filling out every week'. Bessie may of course want to have him back 'very badly now', and Charles does not suppose it would really 'put him back' to travel, but he thinks the longer he can be left the better it will be for him.