a change will do him good. He was so proud of your kind letter to him at Christmas. Ill as he is he is unwilling to take a change till you return. I send him fresh fruit daily. It gives me pleasure to do that for truly he is most devoted to all that concerns your interests. Douglas has asked the Westerns up. I am a little harried preparing for them. I am terribly troubled with the servants since the tradesmen were here. They have turned their heads. In haste Annabella McLean