Acknowledges his letter thanking her for the curtain. Asks him for more information about his Mess. Discusses the progress of the peace talks. Expresses her opinion about the Irish potato famine from the book she is reading. Updates him with news on Marjorie Waterhouse. Expresses her wish to buy a piano after the war. Describes the weather and sitting by the fire.
Discusses the progress of peace talks. Describes having Mr Pilsbury and a young boy round for tea and how they played with Clare. Expresses her opinions of the benefits of Clare playing with older children. Tells him she has got influenza and is in bed reading War and Peace.
Updates him on how she is feeling with influenza. Acknowledges his letter about religion. Expresses her opinions about divine love and quotes extensively from War and Peace. Describes in detail her thoughts about religion and their different opinions of it. Discusses the progress of the war. Tells him about an anecdote from Parliament. Ask him to write essays on religion.
Updates him on her condition with influenza and tells him Clare might have the beginnings of it too. Relays news about Robert and Nancy Graves. Expresses her opinions about War and Peace and on the character of the German people. Asks him if he has received Mr Clutton-Brock's book. Discusses the progress of the peace talks. Describes the plans she has for the garden at the Holt. Discusses what items from his mess to use at home after the war.