having mentioned it in some of my letters but when I write to my Donald I think of no one else but him. You do scold me for not having written to Mrs Wilson but you should not blame for it as you know that for months I was not in spirits to write to anyone. I have only written once since I was married to my old friend Mrs Outhwaite. I am very cross also in the second place because you do not seem as anxious to be at home as I am to see you. I think there must be some attractions at Taranaki. I was a great fool to allow you to go without me. You tell Papa to send up your letters which if they go by the mail it will be three weeks before you receive them as it does not leave till tomorrow week. Of course you will not start whenever you get them and if you are a fortnight coming in it will be 5 or 6 weeks before I can hope to see you and I am certain of this that if you are so long as that something that is going to happen will have taken place before then as I cannot be sure of having a day after the second week in September. Do my own darling husband try and come in sooner. I shall not commence another sheet of paper tonight as my toothache is bad. I shall banish my scold tomorrow. Goodnight my own darling Donald