Item 40 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Caroline Trevelyan

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Thanks his mother for her letter. Is not yet allowed to go out, but his 'cough is much better'. The boys in his class, 'in order beginning at the top', are Smith, Archie, Browning, Robert himself, Sellar and Lawrence. Has begun studying Caesar and likes it 'very much'; is 'getting on very well in Greek'. Has finished [reading] Winning his Spurs and almost The Young Franc Tireurs [both by G. A. Henty] so will 'soon want another book'. His bedroom at school is shared with the same boys as before: Sellar and Alexander. Alexander says he knows 'a family called the Hol[l]ands very well, with a Meta in them' [like Robert's cousin Meta]; Robert asks his mother to find out if it is the same family. He also asks her to tell Charlie that he will write to him soon, and to thank him for the stamps and letters, 'some of the stamps are rather rare'. Sends love to all. Adds a picture of a townhouse [his family's London home?] below his signature.