Lock apologizes for the delay in his response, but he has been trying to track down Lucy, though he still has not heard from her.

"I have strong reason to believe that she is abroad. If this is the case—and I have written a letter to her which I hope will be forwarded and reach her—there will be no point in the trustees paying her allowance to her as I doubt whether in the circumstances the exchange control regulation will permit it to be paid to her abroad."

Lock promises to write if he hears from Lucy.

Edith noted in the margin: "Huntingdons—Crawshays: staying with Peter Churchill in Tangiers—Morocco."