Item 172 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Sir George Trevelyan

The Shiffolds, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking. - Starts tomorrow to Aulla for a stay with 'our friends the Waterfields'; is leaving Bessie and Julian 'very well', and hopes they will be able to visit his parents at Wallington 'after the new nurse has come'. They are 'very sorry to lose Mrs Catt', but have no choice [due to her continuing illness]. Was very nice having his mother to visit last week; hopes it did not tire her. She saw Julian at his best, as since then he has 'developed a kind of rash on his face, which makes his cheeks absurdly red'; the doctor says it is harmless and will not last, and otherwise Julian is very well.

The 'cloud-burst near Naples seems to have been very bad, especially on the Amalfi coast', where they have been so often: does not think Ravello itself can have been too much affected, since it is on the top of a ridge, but Amalfi, Minori and Maiori have 'all suffered badly'. Will write again soon.