Edith informs Lock that the most recent plan she is aware of is that Lucy, along with the other granddaughters, will go to Plas Penrhyn for Christmas, and Cornwall near the end of the holidays, if Dora agrees. Lucy's young man from Tangier will be going to Plas Penrhyn as well.

"At Lucy's suggestion, my husband wrote to him and asked him to spend the Christmas holidays here with us and he has replied that he hopes to do so. So I do not think that you need do anything about getting permission from the court, happily."