WCP391

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset

July 6th 1893

My dear Fanny

I was very sorry indeed to hear that your throat is so bad. I hope you have got some good soup & so nourished yourself. I find the Bovril they make at the Railway Stations exceedingly good & strengthening, and as it is so quickly made with a little boiling water it would be a good thing to have always by you.

We have at length got a friend to take care of our house for [2] a month & Annie¹ & I will probably leave for the Lakes next Wednesday morning.

Please let me know how you are at once, and I will gladly let you have some money if you are likely to require it. If you do not recover soon, you will have to come here when we return, for a change of air & to be fed up.

Will² is settled in Newcastle-on-Tyne, I hope for 2 years. [3] His address is 212 Portland Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

He has to be at the Works at 6 every morning & work till 5.30pm when he is of course pretty tired, as he has never been used to work all day, but it is well he should know what it is, & what millions have to do all their lives. He will find it easier after a few weeks.

Your affectionate Brother | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]