Invites him to dine the following Thursday to meet her friends, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. de Vere and Mr. Farrer; she is sorry to hear he is leaving England for so long;
Herbert thinks this second exhibition of 'his phiz' even better than the first; Mr. Lawrence has been unwell and can finish no pictures for the exhibition, his experiment in colouring after the Old Masters is not to be shown to the public yet.