It has come on to rain so heavily pet that I do not expect to see you at 2 pm, therefore I will call myself on Mr Stevenson and shall go down to attend to some business in town. Dr Sinclair has left so has Papa and the minister. You have really been a good early rising girl of late. If you continue going on with such improvements I have greater hopes than ever of your making a "gude wife" for the bush and you may even arrive at the wonderful destination of being an excellent highly accomplished dairymaid when decorated off in your white short gown and grey petticoat with sleeves tucked up and fat arms slappering away among cream, cheese, butter and all the other niceties of the dairy. Do not laught at this because I intend it in reality. Yours Donald McLean