August 2nd 1899. We were glad to hear you got back (to Leicester) safe. I enjoyed the ride to the Elmswell Station. I saw Arth and Florence off but when I got home it seemed so dull and miserable. I haven’t quite got over it yet. Coming is all very nice but the going away I don’t like. In heaven there will be no partings and I hope we shall all meet there when this life is ended. Your little girl got to her grandmother all right. She didn’t tell Mrs. (Harry) Nunn you took Edie to the next Station. You had enough of it at Cambridge, I’m sure. Your boss didn’t waste many words on you. There was a heavy thunderstorm here last Tuesday evening and it has been cooler since. We were glad of a little rainwater. Father has cut all his beans and now he has plenty of weeds to cut up. He hasn’t used the gun yet. They are getting on well with the harvest. Some of the farmers will soon finish. Father is boss today. Mr. and Mrs. are gone to Harwich. Harry Hunt is getting better.