She thanks him for the advice given on their impending journey;
Mr. Banks has written a complaint concerning Humphry's freightage;
Mr. Day has paid his hairdresser's bill; the woman who made his shirts still claims he owes money; Mr. B. thanks him for his help in the
Wedgwood affair, he has a
Cupid in hand in marble for the Bishop of Derry; she thinks the
Caractacus will not reach London in time for exhibition, and
Mr. G[renville] is refusing to pay more than £100 for it; she bemoans their luck with commissions.
Mr. Marchant will stay another winter in Rome; "Mrs. Pars" is dying of consumption, and so [
Mr. Pars] is distraught, "death has made great havoc here",
Wiseman has died; of his friends
Mr. Delane is well,
Mr. Durno has returned from Florence, Bettina at the Coffee House has given birth to a girl; she has barely been able to enjoy the festival.