BR thanks Davies for his letters and documents. He replies to Davies' letter of 16 April stating, "... It would be satisfactory to me to have a Chancery Judge order that John and Kate should spend the whole of the summer holidays with me, and should go to Dartington for a year, spending half their holidays with Dora and half with me after the coming summer holidays; and in view of the fact that I am keeping them here the first fortnight of term, I am willing that they should stay with Dora the first fortnight of the summer holiday, but not more."

"The long statement is most admirable and I am filled with gratitude for the enormous amount of work it represents." BR revised the transcription of this sentence, from "not advisable" to "most admirable".