Dalmuir Hill Thursday evening [1852] My dearest Donald I was very sorry that I could not write you a few lines last night as usual. Mrs Kelham and Mrs Hickson dined with us and when they left I felt so fatigued and unwell that I could not write. I had been very unwell all day so much so that Jessie insisted on sending for Mrs Rhatigan. I began myself to be frightened I was in so much pain. It was so bad at times that I could scarcely sit up. When Mrs McKenzie came she set my mind at ease by telling me that the pain was only caused by some cold I had caught. She made me take some warm negus which did me some good. It however continued and all the evening more or less but today it is quite