Pièce 122 - Letter from E. P. Arnold to Caroline Trevelyan

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Wixenford, Eversley, Winchfield:- If all goes well, Bobbie will be 'sent to Reading on the 20th [of December] to join his brother [Charlie]' at the time she specifies. The 'strain' Bobbie recently suffered to his knee was 'fortunately a matter of no consequence' which only required a few days rest, caused when he 'kicked the ground in trying to kick the ball'; though it was 'very trying for the poor boy to miss playing in a match', there was no need for anxiety nor for a doctor to see him. Bobbie is 'quite well now' and doing 'as satisfactorily as possible' in both work and behaviour. He has 'taken a rather higher place' in his class in nearly all his examinations than he does in his 'weekly marks'. He has done well in Latin, not so well in Greek as he has not been studying it as long as some of the others in his class. Hugo joined the school at half term: he 'seems a very nice boy, delicate but with very good ability', though with 'no systematic training last far'; he seems to have settled down happily. His brother, 'a very nice fellow at Woolwich', has come to visit him, and will do so again.

Asks her to forgive his not answering her letter yesterday: this was due to a pleasant visit from "Mrs (Professor) Sellars'; he did not mean to 'sacrifice [his] duties to the school to [his] duties as a host' but his 'good intentions failed'.