but we have got it now into pretty good order. All the rooms papered & a good many things done of which it greatly stood in need for it was a saddly neglected place & I feel quite certain that it has been an unspeakable loss to my dear brothers not to have one of us out long ago both to look after themselves & their house. Poor Archy is very anxious and works very heard [sic] indeed. I do think but for him the place would have been to reek long ago.