Pièce 167 - Letter from Janet Trevelyan to Elizabeth Trevelyan

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Stocks, Tring. - Has just had a 'charming letter' from Bob about 'Paul's weight, height, colour & general accomplishments', so should really reply to him, but wants to write to Bessie instead, knowing how fun it is to hear 'what a great man one is'. Bessie seems to have managed [the birth] 'splendidly all round'; hopes she is starting to enjoy herself by now. Longs to visit but does not think she will manage before returning from Welcombe, about the 18th [Jan]. It is 'rather splendid' that Bessie had a boy on her first attempt; it puts Molly and Janet to shame. Good that the 'three boy-cousins' are so near in age, 'how they will quarrel & make it up again, & quarrel again'. Sure it is a good omen that Paul 'came on the solstice night': she will expect him to have 'more sparks of genius in him than the other two'. Hopes Bessie did not have 'a very beastly time', and that she could have 'some nice whiffs of chloroform'; she did better than Eleanor Acland, whose labour lasted forty-eight hours. Asks Bessie to thank Bob for his letter, which she will send on to George; also to say Janet knows they do not have a copy of "Dmitri Roudine" [Turgenev's "Rudin"] and they will be delighted to have it; it is the one she especially wants to read.