Enclosed with this letter is a clipping of a letter to the Westminster Gazette. The letter, from J.J.A. Drake, is dated Nov. 15 and titled "The Response to Lady Henry Somerset's Appeal". The long list of donors includes: "Hon. B. Russell and friends (per L. Pearsall Smith, Esq., London), £11". A second clipping seems to have no relevance.

Alys says Drake's letter was written "before your £5 reached Logan".

She asks if BR means there is no political truth in saying that political opinions cannot be maintained on reasonable grounds.

Lady Russell is devoted to BR, Alys says, as a result of her mother visiting Lady Russell.