[Letter of 1878 May 28]

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May 28, '78./

Dear Fielding/

            From the tone/
 of your letter received this/
 morning you are not as/
 anxious about going to house-/
 keeping in the Hall as you/
 were when I left you; there-/
 fore I need not feel so badly/
 if it should happen that I/
 must stay the year out./
 You will be better pleased per-/
 haps to have a longer time in/
 which to prepare since things/
 are looking so cloudy. I/
 thought you had matters/
 so arranged with regard to/
 your expenses that you/
  
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to have a servant, and he will/
 not have any one coming in/
 for a little while, and I/
 suppose he thinks only to up-/
 set his plans. She is thorough-/
 ly imbedded in him and of /
course he believes thoroughly in/
 her but he is evidently lord/
 and master for she would/
 not do a hand's turn without/
 consulting him or waiting/
 for his consent and really/
 I believe when he does not/
 expect to be asked or consulted/
 but might feel badly if he was/
 not. This seems to me to be/
 carrying things too far./