"My Darling Alys—By some stupid mistake thy lovely letter of Thursday was never brought me last night—I spoke to the valet-de-chambre about it when he brought it me this morning, and I don't think it is likely to occur again, but I'm sorry I didn't have it to answer yesterday instead of having to write about nothing—besides it wd. have been so lovely to think about in bed."

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.