The small manuscript is among a cache of materials originally in the possession of WMR and after that of John Robert Wahl. They finally passed into the library of the South African National Gallery.
The date is conjectural, but the similarity of the paper to other works that we know date from around 1849-1850 is, if not decisive, at least reasonably compelling.
He is happy—D can communicate with
him. Does know more now of my inter
nal condition when we were together th[an?]
he did then, as whether I ever wronged
him—I did wrong him (mental)—
not intentionally. He does not like to
communicate with the world—His doing
so is not in the way of punishment, de
gradation or the like—nor is it this
disinterested sympathy. Will come
again