now feel the least unwell. I am determined I shall go out every day when it is possible. It is nothing else than constant exercise which has made Mrs Hunter so well. I get up much earlier in the morning now. I am always ready in time for breakfast. I hope you have got over your lazy habits since you have been away. It was really a great shame that we always had breakfast so late. Do you remember our old servant John Farmer (he slept in the study the night you came back from Taranaki). I was very sorry to hear today of his death. He died of consumption. He was only 23. It will be a great affliction to his father and mother. He was such a good young man and it is so short a time since they lost their only daughter. She died about a week or fortnight before poor Mama. But although it is a severe loss it must be a great comfort that he was so religious. It is such a happy thought to know that those we love are enjoying the presence of their God and Saviour. I do not now think of my dear