"My Darling I do not want to shut you into a prison—quite the reverse. It is absolutely imperative that you should be freed from this feeling, since otherwise you will come to hate me, and our happiness will be at an end. I propose the following: at the end of the first year, when the school [Beacon Hill School] is a going concern, some one else (preferably Lucy Silcox) shall take your place, and you shall be free to earn money as you like."

This letter may not have been sent, since its provenance is a legal file kept by BR. Its envelope is addressed simply "D.W.R."