Item 128 - Letter from Henry James to Sir George Trevelyan

Lamb House, Rye, Sussex. - Sorry that Sir George had the trouble of his 'kind letters' about James's brother and his wife [William and Alice?], when he and Lady Trevelyan had family trials; particularly that any concern about 'this so sadly impracticable visit' should have troubled them when they were anxious about 'Mrs Robert' . Pleased to think that should now have passed, as he has just had a 'reassuring word' from Robert, having written as soon as he heard of their 'misfortune [Bessie and Robert Trevelyan's daughter Susan was born on 16 September, but died soon afterwards; the anxiety may have been about Bessie's own health]. William and Alice were uncertain about their sailing date for America; fears this made them 'rather thankless subjects of offering hospitality' but 'meant intensely well' and have just left James 'full of good wishes' to the Trevelyans and 'regrets for the pleasure they awkwardly lost'. He himself will 'subside here' after a rather 'agitated summer'; autumn is the time he most enjoys here. Expects the Trevelyans have plans to travel, though is very glad he himself does not.