| Description | Written from Albro' [?Aldeburgh], Suffolk, to Brussels.
Writing so soon, with an uneasy conscience for her apparent ingratitude to him for his kindness the last time she wrote, when she had a bad cold and a number of little worries: gratitude for his suggestion about the German waters and the possibility of travelling over to see him: time not being write yet, but she will ask Mr Stone: hope of having the chance of another baby, God willing: gratitude for having been blessed with one already and prayers for its preservation: acknowledgement of her own frailty and weakness, but trust in God's giving her strength: yesterday being father's birthday and her writing to him at Tachbrook, the visit to which he has put off: their naming the new baby Catherine Mary, with best wishes to the mother. Signs herself off as Kittie, a childhood name.
7 Oct [no year given, but the year 1839 fits census information about Catherine Mary Waller and other known details of Wathen's family].
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