years ago in your letters to Uncle perhaps we would now be very differently situated. Catherine is considered by everybody to be so clever. Had her talents been properly cultivated she would have made a splendid appearance in society. She is of a tall commanding ladylike figure. I am quite the reverse little and insignificant. If I have anything to recommend me it is merely my manner which is pleasing to some but I do not think how we shall get on if ever we become to be criticised by the grandees of New Zealand.