Faraday to Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts   13 May 1859

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | Albemarle St. W. | 13 May 1859.

Dear Miss Coutts.

The end of your letter¹ is truly the beginning of mine[.] My wife thanks you most sincerely for your remembrance of her and my niece would thank you if she were here, if not in words yet in thoughts:- for I purpose to accept your kindness in offering us your box at Drury Lane if it is convenient to you next Tuesday Evening ². We had it once before I remember for a pantomime³ which is always interesting to me because of the minimum concentration of means which it requires. You must not expect to find Ozone in the house or amongst close inhabited houses[.] I used to obtain it by the very same ozonometer outside of windows on the Kings Road Brighton when the wind was from the sea - not when from the land⁴.

My kindest remembrances to Mrs Brown - If my wishes could make her strong she would be strong indeed. With all respect I am most truly

Your obliged Servant | M. Faraday

Address: Miss Coutts | Torquay | Devonshire