BR tells Davies that he's just sent him a telegram approving his letters to Maw. "This, as I understand it, commits me to not defending the divorce, unless possibly on the ground of new facts; but does not commit me to proceeding with the Chancery action, if [sic] later, it seems necessary to defeat the divorce, I gather we could rely upon the King's Proctor."

BR is opposed to the Chancery action proceeding, even if Dora does not object to the order they are asking for, unless it can be hidden that he is living in open sin. BR asks if he should get "a statement from a number of highly respectable persons" on his sharing custody.