me to send it you? I am curious to see what use you have managed to make of the lumps of wood? Is it a mantelpiece?

I have heard the news of Christina all along, & hope she will turn up improved. Tell her Howell found a nest of young hedgehogs in his garden, but having been disturbed they seem to have migrated & have to be discovered again.

The Leatharts have been here once or twice & I rather expect them again today, but am threatened with so many other visitors that I suppose it will all be a "mêlée." They have been to Hughes's but I know not with what result; & Leathart has asked both me & Brown about getting a water picture from Whistler, but is evidently afraid of seeming too eager.

My tent is delightful at times but I have not enjoyed it much having been greatly put about.

Your sonnet is excellent. I have not been in much of a poetizing mood lately, & I hardly know how many of my doings remain unseen by you. I copy the last. I am about to have all the poetry I can get together of mine printed roughly for my own use in slips, & keep it by me as stock for selection ultimately with a view to a possible vol. This will induce me to write more & to get advice from the few friends one cares to show the things to. I shall only print a few copies.

Love to all at Penkill. It will be delightful to see the beautiful glen again & feel that the world is shut out. Why can one not have a glen out of oneself too? — or at least out of the way of one's ghosts & skeletons?