Imparting a gossipy account of goings on in the English community in Rome,
Mr. Durno has been cleared of suspicion in a case involving a woman, as "Mr. J*ff**s" [
James Jefferys?] has gained back the woman "decoy'd" by "Mr. S.", but only after threatening her with guns and threats of suicide;
Miss H[adfield] is melancholy and many think she has fallen for "Mr. H**e" and wants to return to Rome, they also suspect this lies behind her refusing of Humphry; she discusses the Hadfields' plans,
George is studying architecture; Mrs. Poggi is at Fiesole with her child; she bemoans the practice of giving babies to wet nurses.
The money she had saved money to spend on herself in France is now required in Rome due to
Mr. B[anks]'s trouble with
Mr. G[renville] has meant it must be spent now, and so she begs a loan from Humphry "her greatest friend and confident".